The Archive · 1934

New Hangar Completed

1. The new. hangar at Lunghwa been completed at a cost of $100,-

2, During the year a total area! of 27.314 mow of iand thas been purchased at Lunghwa, this including the land on which the new hangar built Two cinder and broken brick runaways have been completed st '4._ A radio station has been erected at Suining, midway between Chun; king and Chengtu, to report on wes ther conditions. There also is tu emergency flying field at Suining, 8, Improvement to the Shanghi Peking service has been effected the erection of a radio station at Yangkiokow, midway between Tsing. tao and Tientsin, where there is an] emergency, field, and where also an extra supply of petrol and oil is now] being kept.

The telephone wires around the airfields at Tsingtao and Tientsin have been moved to a safer distance} away, or placed underground.

7. Arrangementi have been made} with the Eurasia Aviation Ca. whereby the CN.AC. took over the agency for Eurasia at Nanking, and Eurasia took over the agency for the ENA.

Peking, thereby effecting economy for both.

The Nanking office was trans. ferred in April of this year to the business centre of Nanking.

'9. The China Travel Service have been given the agency for the EN. AE. at Tsingtao and Tientsin, thereby economy for the EN.

10, Arrangements have been of. fected with the China Merchants S. Ca, whereby through combined steamship and aeroplane tickets are sold by either the China Merchants or the CN.AC. for the convenience of passengers.

AL. Negotiations are now pending} with "the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow Railway Ad. ministration for a sunil ment to that effected wit Merchants S. Ca.

42. Since June 1, 1934, the sche-due on the Shanghai-Hankow. line was increased from six trips a week to a daily schedule.

13. A special reduced summer passenger rate' had been in. force since June 18, which proved very popular and which the managing director recommended to be con tinued until further notice, (Thi was "subsequently approved at the meeting of the board of directors), Ministry's Support concluding his report, who] managing director, said that the success attained during the past year had been to a very' great exten due to the good work put in by the directors of the corporation, and 19 the "whole-hearted support "of the Ministry of Communications, of the general public, of the press, and of the entire stof, The following resolutions were ut to the meeting and passed:—That the directors of the corporation, tone year "At the conclusion, Mr. Dai Enki, proposed a vole of thanks to ths chairman, Mr. K. C. Huang, for the active interest taken by him in all matters pertaining to the corps tion. The vote was carried unani linously,

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