The Archive · 1928

Flying Boats at Palawan

Manila, Nov. 7.

The following radio message has been received from the officer commanding the four British—flying-boats which recently left Singapore for Manila and Hongkong vid Borneo: "We expect to arrive (at Puerto Princesa at noon to-day."

Puerto Princesen is a harbour in Palawan Prozinee in the Philippin The aeroplane tender Heron with 'a squadron of seaplanes is standing by at Puerto Prineessa to welcome the visiting British flying-boats.

Later.

The British fying-boats arrived at Puerto Princesa at 10.10 this morning.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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