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1920
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JULY 15, 1920 '•V AIR MAIL SERVICES Air Mail Service to Morocco THE Postmaster-General announces that he has made .arrangements with the French Post, Office whereby letters for Morocco' may be forwarded by the French air mail service which is running between Toulouse and Rabat on prepayment of a special fee, additional to the ordinary postage, at the following rates : Packets weighing not more than \ oz. is. ; over \ oz. and not more than 3^ oz., 2s. ; 3\ oz. and not more than 7 oz., 3s. All classes of correspondence, except parcels, insured letters, and cash on delivery packets, are admissible ; but the weight of a single packet may not exceed 7 oz. The latest times of posting in this country in order to secure connection are as follows :—(a) In the provinces on Sundays and Thursdays in time for the night mails for London ; (b) in London on those days up till the latest night collections. Air Mails in Spain POSTAL aviation is making rapid strides in Spain, judging by a message from Madrid. This states that King Alfonso, before leaving for London, signed *a decree establishing aerial postal lines between Seville and Larache (Morocco), between Barcelona and Palma (Majorca), and between Malaga and Melilla, in Spanish Morocco. Speeding up Australian and Indian Mails EVERY few hours saved in the journey to India and Australia is important as far as mails are concerned, and it is not surprising to hear that included in. the morning's 9.30 Air Mail to Paris on July 9 were two bags of mail labelled to Bombay and Fremantle. This method of sending late mails allows letters for India and Australia to be posted in London up to 8.15 a.m. on Friday and up to the last post on Thursday, in the provinces. After conveyance to Paris by air the mails are placed in the Paris-Marseilles express, and catch the Indian mail boat at Marseilles. The Post Office have under consideration a scheme for sending late Indian and Australian mails direct from London to Marseilles, by air, in which case they would not leave London until Saturday morning. AVIATION IN SWEDEN IN his Report on the Commerce and Industry of Sweden for 1919 Mr. S. E. Kay, H.M. Consul at Stockholm, states that the hydroplane appears to be the most suitable type of aircraft for Sweden, and considerable interest is shown in aviation generally, although little, if anything, has been done to develop commercial aviation. The establishment of an air service between Sweden and Germany, and Sweden and Denmark has been discussed, but it is expected that only mails and passengers would be carried. As regards a service with England, it appears that the weather conditions in the North Sea would prevent any regular service. A printed circular issued for the Warnemunde-Malmo route claims that this mode of transport shortens the passage from 36 hours to 12 hours. The charges for the air transit from Warnemimde to Sassnitz are M. 1,200 per passenger, and M. 10 per kilo of baggage. At Gothenburg there is also considerable interest in this branch of transport, but no practical steps have been taken to develop commercial aviation, in spite of the existence at this town of an aeronautical club. At Malmo nothing appears to have been done in this direction. The art of flying is not highly developed in Sweden. Aero- planes are manufactured in Sweden, but the factories are at present unable to compete with the German machines, which can be sold cheap owing to the low rate of the mark. It is reported, in the Swedish Press of December 16, that the Air Traffic Company of Stockholm has commenced to erect its first flying station at Sundsvall, and that this company intends to erect stations at Orebo, Karlstad, Norrkopping, Motala, Mariestad, Venersborg, Gothenburg, Halmstad, Malmo, Trelleborg, Kristianstad, Ronneby, Kaimar, Vester- vik, Gelfe, Soderhamn Hudiksvalln, Jonk&ping, Vernamp, Hallsberg, Malkoping, SMllinngsaryd, Hessleholm and Skofde. A Competition for Olympia Visitors THOSE who pay a visit to Olympia have an opportunity of securing either a free trip by air to Paris or a fine view of London from above. A competition has been organised with the object of securing the best catch phrase applicable to the London-Paris Air Service, and entry forms can be obtained at the turnstiles. The prize for the best answer is a free return flight to Paris, and the six other prizes are free flights over London. The machines in which the prize flights will be made will be provided by Messrs. Handley Page, Ltd., Aircraft Transport and Travel, Ltd., and the Instone Air Line, Ltd. Art and the Air AMONG the few artists who have applied themselves seriously to the task of dealing with aviation subjects, Mr. Geoffrey Watson has already won fame, and the exhibition of his paintings and drawings, at the Brook Street Art Gallery, should further add to thej popularity of his work. _ _ .:^ Those who have not yet visited 1 thei exoibition may be reminded that it remains open until Wednesday, July 21. The charge for admission is is. 3^., and the proceeds will be devoted to the R.A.F. Memorial Fund. 0 0 010 0 0 0 0 Aviation in Italy: An echo of the past. The top photograph shows the Count of Turin before a tent hangar at the front. In the lower picture are seen the King of Italy and the Count of Turin visiting a house that has been bombarded by aeroplanes m B B B B B B B H B B B 0 B 0
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