Save for Croydon it seems likely that in the near future Singapore will be the busiest air port in the 'A local "newspaper writing said: "It seems likely pore is going to develop with great suddenness into one of the busiest alr ports of the filed, away it went and another took Lits place. Empty buses passing "aw the "chance to make a" few cents, swung round and took their place the line. The theatre patrons were! Dleked ip and whisked away with no more. inconvenience than had. they. Deen stepping into their own cars Yes, but what Is likely to happen the future when we have large buses that must run to a time-table? The writer paints a gloomy picture. "An Bt-seater passes a picture house two minutes before the show comes Jout. Can it remain and take the People home? Certainly not; it is Funning to that sacred thing, a timetable. To the accompaniment of the Toud clanging of its bell and the vibration -of adjoining, buildings, it thunders on its way with three seats occupied.
"A few moments later the ple fire-goers emerge...
After stand-Ing for twenty minutes in the ain, another village on wheels event Fumbles along in which they the privilege of hanging to a strap, they are lucky: ready two long distance services using the port, and the extension of both of these to Australia is promised by the end of the year, while the branch service to " Hongkong which is under contemplation is most certain to operate from Sing pore." The article concludes:
"Then there are the local services of the KNELM. between "Singa pore and Java and" Sumatra. Te ffeoms "likely" that when Ne new Kallang aerodrome 8" opened "at the and of nem year it wil from, the Signs of Prosperity Meanwhile facts and figures seem to show that this country is really on the high road to material prosperity. Pin miners" look far less gloomy than they did: rubber steadily keeps at considerably over twenty cents: and this little item from the FINS. makes encouraging reading:
"The total revenue of the FINS. for the first five monthe of 1094 was nearly $2514 millions. The total expenditure for the tame period was $16% millions he realized surplus forthe first five onthe of the year was thus nearly The fact that Australia will soon bbe in regular aerial touch with Groat Britain has led to much overhauling of ground. organization, and Rot surprising to learn that there has been a complete reorganization of Australia's existing alr services: that there have been constructed many new landing grounds; and that present aerodromes have been en-Targed to meet the new conditions: addition to this there are being built luxury hotels; so. that the stimulus fo Australian' trade which this new imperial link will provide should be very grt That there is a distinct reason for all this activity, entirely apart from the great air race, is to be seen in some of the facts and figures recent-Jy printed concerning the increase in alr mails of late.
"During the quarter which ended fon June 80, 1934," we read, "61300 Ib, of air mail' were despatched from Malaya, as compared with 43,- 000" Ib. for the corresponding period 1033, this representing an increase of 42 per cent."
"On Who England-India-Matayan youre the (oral forthe quarter was 22,600 To. a8 compared with 15.650 1b. for the previous year—an increase of 4 per Cent. The airmail for India 'And that there is a growing de-Jmand for Western goods may be seen from the fact that the Tiallans have thought it worthy while to open a Consulate in' Singapore.
Tt is hoped that retrenchment will now come to an end, especially in the vital matter of health, for ant!- malarial measures seem to have been reduced to a minimum—hence an farming Increase in number of jaequitoes of late.
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