Interest in Aerial Communication: A Link with Macao Friendship with Japan Frou ce Ow Conesroncent Hongkong, June 18.
Speculation is rife as to aerial Jdevelopment in Hongkong. Yesterday, Sir Cecil Clementi, the Governor, paid a flying visit to AMfacao, accompanied by Captain CH,' Steele, his A. D.C, and Captain Forster, his private secretary. His Excellency called on the Governor of Macao and had a talk with him concerning aviation in South China and the general political situation affecting Macao and Hongkong. Sir Cecil Clementi flew back the same day.
The exact nature of the conversation is not known, but it is understood that service tween Hongkong and" Macao was under consideration for the convenience of communication between the two ports. It also is rumoured that the local government proposes to inaugurate a service between Shameen in Canton and Hongkon; but the Chinese Government does not take a favourable view of this project, for military reasons. His Excellency travelled in an acroplane in order to show his interest in flying and to secure privacy as contrasted with a trip on steamer. There dues not appear to have been any obstacle in the case of flying between Hongkong Macao, and an announcement is awaited with muck interest,
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