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FLIGHT, MARCH 6, 1931 of which were probably sent on behalf of air mail collectors !There was, however, about 800 lb. of parcels freight for Tan- ganyika Territory and various parts of Africa, including theCongo. Some of this freight consisted of voice greetings and other gramophone records. The " Argosy " is responsible for its cargo over the existingroute to Athens, after which a Short " Calcutta " takes over to Alexandria. After a short train journey to Cairo,another " Argosy " carries on as far as Khartoum, and then the rest of the 1,680 miles to Mwanza, Lake Victoria, thepresent terminus of the route, is accomplished by a Short " Calcutta,"—the first machine arriving there on March 9.Full details as to times and rates have already been published in FLIGHT. At present, passages may be booked as far as Khartoi rnbut when the service has been given a trial it will be open for passengers over the whole route. The fares from Lonoonwill be :—Assiut, ^53 ; Luxor, /55 ; Aswan, £57 ; Vvadi Haifa, £$5; Kareima, £Tl ; Khartoum, £7n ; Malakal, £HS;Juba, £'97 ; Kisumu and Mwanza, £101. The combined postal rate is 7d. for the first J-oz.Later on, also, the new machines previously referred to the Armstrong-Whitworth " A.W. XV," the Handley-Page" 42," and the Short " Kent "—will be put into service on their respective sections of the route. Then, in the summer,it is hoped to complete the route to Cape Town. When in full operation the service should be a successful one, withfeeder lines serving various parts of Africa. Graeco-Roman Agreements with Imperial AirwaysTHE terms of a new agreement to be concluded between the British and Greek governments about aerial communica-tions were settled at a meeting between M. Zannas, the Greek Air Minister, and Colonel Burchall, of Imperial Airways,and Mr. G. G. Fitzmaurice, of the Foreign Office, on February 26. The agreement provides for various alternative routesacross Greece for the British services whereby Imperial Airways will be able to work for a number of years, tobe defined later, and provides for eventual Greek services to Malta and Cyprus, if desired. The company will have topay Customs duties on the petrol and oil consumed by its machines while flying over Greek territory. The difficultieswith Italy have also, we believe, been settled recently. It is reported that last year Sig. Mussolini stated he wished theBritish to fly again over the Italian route, and as a result negotiations, previously opened by the late Sir SeftonBrancker, were resumed between Mr. Bertram and Gen. Balbo. No doubt, therefore, the Indian and African servicesof Imperial Airways will follow the original Italy-Phaleron- Crete route, instead of via the Balkans, which would offeradvantages in many ways. Berlin-Shanghai Air JRoute ON February 23. two Lufthansa aeroplanes and a partyof pilots and mechanics arrived at Shanghai from Germany for the purpose of inaugurating the first section of the BerlinShanghai air route. At first preliminary flights will be made between Shanghai and Manchuli, on the Russo-Manchurianborder. It is hoped to extend the service to Berlin, following the Siberian Railway, in April, by which two additionalmachines will be available. The service at the beginning will be bi-weekly, for mails.K.L.M. Evening Flights THIS summer, during May, June, July and August, theK.L.M. will introduce a novel evening service between Croydon and Amsterdam, machines leaving C'roydon at7 p.m., and Amsterdam at 6.30 p.m. The service to the Dutch Indies will, it is stated, be a weekly one by nextOctober, instead of a fortnightly one as at present. Air Mails for Poland THE Postmaster-General announces that, according toinformation now received from the French Post Office, the air mail service from this country for Poland via Paris, whichcloses at the General Post Office, London, at 2.30 p.m. on weekdays (except Saturday), at present offers no accelerationover the ordinary services for Poland closing at the General Post Office, London, at 6 p.m. The only air mail servicebetween this country and Poland will, therefore, be that which closes at the General Post Office, London, at 6.45 a.m.on weekdays. Continental Air MallsTHE Postmaster-General announces that as from March 2, in consequence of changes in the time-tables of the airservices to Berlin and Rotterdam and Amsterdam, the latest times of posting air mail correspondence at the GeneralPost Office, London, will be 6.45 a.m., instead of 7.45 a.m. for Czecho-Slovakia, Germany (Hanover and Berlin), Poland,Russia, Scandinavia and the Baltic States, and 11.0 a.m. instead of 8.30 a.m. for Holland. The latest time for postingfor the air mail service to the Dutch East Indies, Siam, Straits Settlements and Malay States, will be 11.0 a.m.instead of 8.30 a.m. as from Wednesday, March 4, and every second Wednesday thereafter. The latest time of posting forthe air mail service to Cologne will still be 7.45 a.m. Wiluna Goldflelds Air Service IT is reported from Kalgoorlie that the GoldfieldsAir Navigation have completed arrangements for a regular air service to Wiluna and Esperance. The new developmentis expected to prove of considerable service to these gold- fields. It will be remembered that West Australian Airways ran a similar service some time ago, and suspended opera-tions owing to lack of traffic, but suggested that the service could be made a paying proposition when the mines beganproduction. Sound Beacons for Aircraft ACCORDING to the Morning Post, a wireless " beacon "to guide air liners in bad visibility has been erected by the French Air Ministry at Abbeville, and has just completedits first trials Air Union pilots flying on the " Golden Ray " London-Paris service have been using the beam with com-plete success. New Air Mail Rates THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL announces that as fromFebruary 23, the charges on air mail correspondence for all extra-European destinations have been fixed at an inclusiverate per half-oz. to include both ordinary postage and air mail fees. The charges applicable to the various countries servedby air mail are shown in the following table. Except where otherwise indicated they apply to printed papers, commercialpapers and samples, as well as to letters. They supersede all rates previously announced. •"Africa—N. Algeria 1 Morocco yTunis . . J •Africa—W.—Fr. Guinea \ Senegal JGambia \ S. I eonc JAfrica—E. — Kenya 1Uganda >• Tanganyika J Africa—Cent. — Helgiac C'oneo, via Sudan .. Belgian Congo, internalAfrica—S. •Argentine ]ie- public Australia (inter- nal) •Bolivia •Brazil . Canada . . Cen. America—Costa Rica 1 Guatemala IHonduras L Nicaragua f Panama 1Salvador J Firsti-oz. s. d. 0 65 0 11 0 10 0 7 (I 8 0 4See under S. Af. 4 0 0 44 4 03 6 (1 5J 1 3 Each addi-tional h-oz. s. 0 • 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 3 0 I d. 4* 9 6 H 2 0 Si0 6 3 — •Chile •Colombia .. Dutch East Indies EcuadorEgypt GuianasIndia- KarachiDelhi IraqMexico 1 N. ZealandPalestine "ParaguayPersia Peru SiamS. Africa (internal) Straits Settlementsand Malay Sts. .. SudanSyria .. 1 Transjordan J U.S.A.•Uruguay Venezuela .. ; W. Indies-Bahamas CubaJamaica . Other West Indies Firsti-oz. s. 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 02 10 1 oo 04 1 0 0 0 1 d. 0 0 4 3* y 6 8 O 11 44H 0 743 0 3i 0 5 .1 * 5£0 9 54 619 3 Each addi- tional 1-oz. s. 4 1 1 1 II 1 0 0 0 it 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 d. 0 0 4 9 2£9 5 7 4 9 3$ 2* 0 5i3 0 2A I) 4 2h' 42: 0 9 4i ^1 8 * Printed papers and samples. Separate rates for printed papers and samples are in force for the countries as shown below :— Africa—N.„ W. . .. Argentine Republic Bolivia Per i-oz. s. 0 0 1 1 d. 2 4 0 0 BrazilChile Colombia.Paraguay Uruguay Per J-oz. A special notice containing full particulars of these rates is being sent to regular recipients of the Air Mail leaflet. Copies of the notice can be obtained free of charge on applica- tion at any Post Office. 208
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