small group of people, including or two. reporters "and. photographers, stood waiting of the: Lunghwa Aerodrome on Aptil 20 at "about 0.90 am. There seemed nothing unusual about their pearance, "in fact they might have been awaiting to greet a friend com~ ing in from Hongkong by plane, the occasion was a signifeant tone, for the little group were walt-ug to see the CN.A.C, $43 amphibian from Hongkong. swoop down on the 'Whangpoo amid the junks and sampans, and complete aight which a' few years ago was an idle fnney, but which Is now a reality, 'As' the "plane taxied up to the landing stage, a thrill of excitement went through those who were waiting on the river" bank. The mail on board this plane, bundles of letters sealed up in. special Might envelopes, had been borne across the Pacific "Ocean in just over a week, having been transferred twice en route. Tu spite of the commonplace atmosphere which surrounded the arrival of the plane, it repre~ sented an achievement which needed months of planning and preparation, Eight Passengers On Board ight passengers arrived on the amphibian, seven from Hongkong and one from Foochow, In addition to 150 kilogrammes of mail.
The passengers Included the Mayor of Canton, Tweng Yang-fu, and Mr, julean Arnold, American Commercial Attache, who went down to Hongkong on the plane.
'The Might began when the China 'Clipper took off from San. Francisco ound. for Honolulu' on the afternoon of April 21, From Honolul the giant plane roared on to Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam and Manila, arriving at the latter place fu the afternoon of April 27. Here, the mail was transferred to a plane of the Hongkong Clipper type, whose Until recently pilot on the, hal canton run, anda resident of have Shanghai, The ' machine was the same as that used for surveying the proposed route from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand, recently. Landing at Hongkong on the morning of the 28th, the Hongkong Clipper was given 'a rousing "welcome being greeted by four thousand residents of the Colony, headed by the acting governor, Mr. N. L, Smith, The mail, consisting of 1,207 ordinary leters and 107 registered letters, was transferred to the C.N.AC, Sikorsky amphibian, and taken on the Jast stage of the flight to Shanghai, Delivery of the air mail in Shanghai ended at 1.30 pam, From now on, the mail plane will Yeave Shanghai for Hongkong each Tuesday, connecting with the Hong-Kong Clipper, leaving each Wednes-doy for Manila.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.