Two-day Air Service Between Singapore and Hongkong Singapore, Oct, 17.
Great signifteance is attached Yocally to the report, hitherto unconfirmed, of negotiations' between British and Chinese authorities for the establishment of a flying-boat re-fuelling base at the Paracels Tslands, near Hainan, in, the China Sea, The Paracels, a cluster of islets owned by China, lie on the direct fir Toute" between Singapore and Hongkong. They. offer stretches of sheltered water suitable for mooring Seaplanes, and fuelling facilities there would enable the establishment of a two-day air service between Sing pore and Hongkong, via Saigon, "The present air route from Singapore to Hongkong runs overland via Penang and Tourane.—Reuter, Mongkeong-Penang Service Shanghai, Oct. 17, 'A weekly air-mail service betwee Tiongkeag and Penang has been inaugurated by the Imperial Airways. Secording to Information from. the oes! Post, OfMee. "The mew line con= pects ai Penang with the Singapore-London and Singapore-Australia alr-rail lines. thus facilitating prompt postal service between the Eotony und England and Auctralia, According to the present schedule, the Penang-bound aeroplane leaves Hongkong every Frid at Penang on Salui Mongkong-bound " aero ple Penang every. Monday, arriving at Hongkong on Tuesday.
Alr-mail intended for conveyance by the Imperial Airways to various destinations, formerly transmitted via Singapore. will be carried by alr from Hongkong instead. In addition to the usual international ordinary postage, plus registration fee, {f an; 'a5 well as the domestic alr mail tral transmitted in China by Nath ai Air Mell zines, it Is to be franked specitted rates, Alr correspondent: intendes for transmission by the Im: perla Airways from Hongkong, the MReation reminds, must be cribed "By LAL" of "By Im: perla Airway," by the senders, below. the usual blue label "Par Avian." Central ews.
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