Nanking Ceremony Nanking, Dec. 16.
Before a crowd of 50,000 cheering people, nine new aeroplanes were Christened here to-day.
'One of the machines, designed built by Chinese engineers of the local aviation _work-shop, was the contribution of the Chinese in Java, while the other eight, all Corsairs,' were bought with the $013,022 subscribed by employees of the Peking-Hankow, Shanghal-Nanking-Hangehow, Tien {sin-Pukow, Lunghai, Chengtal, Peking-Mukden, _Kiaotsi, Peking-Sulyuan, Hunan-Hupeh, Taotsing, Kiukiang-Nachang, and Chuchow-Shang-wan railways, na speech Mr, Wang Ching-wel, President of the Executive Yuan, urged the Chinese people to follow the praiseworthy example of the donors and contribute funds to help the Government to strengthen the wir defence of the country.
The design and construction work of the locally built machine wer> entirely done by Chinese engineers, according to Colonel Liu Ching-y1 Director of the local aviation workshop. Chinese. materials were used wherever possible.
'The plane, which is equipped with a S25: horse-power engine, has a ruling speed of 110 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 125 miles per hour. 'The total construction cost {sald to be under $00,000, or less than half the purchase' price of a foreign machine of similar type—Reuter.
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