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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY (10) || 1957;*
RUSSIAN AIRLINE FORCED KING SAUD MEETS GENERAL FRANCO
TO SMARTEN UP Britons Asked
Western Competition Showed Advantages
Of Luxury Travelling
By JOHN RETTIE
Moscow, Feb. 18.
To Help Immigrants
Toronto, Feb. 18. Britants in Toronto have been orked to help their countrymen | immigrating to Canada In the same way Canadians help Hun- garian refugEOS.
Chartes Mason, organising secretary of the British Im migration Goodwill Association, said his amaciation had re- ceived more than 2,000 letters froth Britons asking about
One year's direct competition with Western airline com- Canada in the past two weeks. panies has brought about a striking change in the standards of service offered by the Soviet airline, Aeroflot.
Mr Mason said it was the duty of Britons in Canada to help the expected rush of Bri-
Until the beginning of last year, Aeroflot had never known is trivmigranta, competition.
Births, Deaths, Marriages,
The Russians regarded
On the Helsinki-Moscow | not pressurised, and they carry Personal $5.00 per insertion transport as a strictly-utilitarian flight, fresh, tasty Finnish nand- only half as many not exceeding 25 words, 25 business of getting, Promwiches,
passengers. nre offered in plastic | The Ilyushin-14 which is how cents each additional word. point "A" to point There bags, Just as on Finnair air coming into service is only a
was no need to bother about services.
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attracting passengers because Coffee, though with lemon in no other company flew on the the Russian style Instead of same routes as their aircraft, cream, as well as tea is also elfher inside or outside the on the menu. Finally, there are Soviet Union.
cloying meringues in a elsoleo of pink, blue or white,
In any case, hardly anyone travelled between Soviet Union and the West during the "cold War." Even for three years after Stalin's death, Helsinki and Vienna were the only nvn- Communist capital In Europe directly linked to MoscOW by air.
The service provided by Aeroflot on its Moscow-Helsinki and Moscow-Vietma routes was
Just, but only just better than that on its internal routes.
Weak Tea
While on mást internal routes, refreshments are now normally provided at all aboard aircraft, on the Moscow-Helsinki Ber- vice there was weak tea and sandwiches (without butter) in a roughly packed paper bag.
The "air hostess" was some times a bright, lively girl who did her best with the few means at her disposal to welcome the passengers. But just as often she
and suilen, was unkempt and slept all the way without NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES taking any interest in the pas-
43, "CHANⱭTE"
Arrived 18th February, 1957
Damaged quo ex Hile vonci will be surveyed by Messts. Godtlard Derglas at Hong Kong & How- loon Wharf Godown at 18.00 x.m, an Wednesday, 20th February and Thursday, 21st February, 1937, and connigheds representaliyor ATD 19. quested to be prosect during survey.
DUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Aquatis, Australian-Oriental Line Líd., "China. Navigation Co., atd.
sengers. In any case, the never wore uniform, and rarely made any attempt to look smart,
Then
last February. the
be Finnish company, Finnair, came the first Western airline to start flying regular services to Moscow.
Under an agreement reached in October, 1955, Finnair and Aeroflot began joint operation of a direct Moscow-Helsinki per- vice, cutling out the stop al Leningrad and reducing travel-
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES ling time.
"ALCINOUB"
Damaged cargo ex this vessel will ben surveyed by Mosars, Goddard & Dougins #1 Hoirm Wharf from 39 A.23. on Fabritery 20 and 21, 1937, and cocaladeta are requested their representatives present during this survey,
BUTTERFIELD & SWALE, Agenta,
Hong Kong. February, 18. 1907.
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Western competition had ars rived. With It came comfortable airliners and smooth service by attractive. multi-lingual #ir and hostesses, full of attention charm in their immaculate unl- form.
The Soviet state airline operators had to sit up end take notice.
Although this service operated on a "pool" basis under which the two airlines share all takings on the route, no matter which carries the most passen~ the contrast between gers, travelting Firmair and travelling Aeroflot was too great for the Russians to ignore.
Another jolt towards higher standards came when Aeroflot concluded a similar agreement with Scandinavian Airlines System. Since last May, the two companies have been jointly operating new services between
Stockholm | Moscow and
and Moscow and Copenhagen with
a slop at Riga, in Latvia.
Now, a year after the first Finnish
flew
Marked Difference
One marked differencu still noticed by Western travellers is the absence of cheap, duty-free drinks and cigarettes for sale, The Russians make a strict rule of never carrying alcohol aboard thair aircraft.
Finnair and the Scandianovan Airline agreed to do the same at Brat, but lost autumn they
brought their Moscow Into line with their
routes.
different
But it wil be story if the Russians begin to use their now TU-104 jet air- liner, which is already operat ing on the Prague-Moscow- Peking service and internal routes,
certain
Unsolved Problems
Lackadaisical
up
to
hot
"The least wo can do is to extend our hards and say wel- come," he said.-United Press,
Brazil Population
Up To 61 Million
Rio de Janeiro, Feb, 18, The population of Brazil has now reuched $1,000,000 Inhabl- tants, the Braziliah Institute of Statistics annouriced today.
Red Youth Pioneer Movement
Viennn, Feb, 18.
Communist Organisation,
The Hungarian Pioneer Youth
day
On his way home after his meeting in Washington with President Elsenhower, King Saud of Saudi Arabia dropped off in Madrid to meet General Franco, Plofure shows the King in conversation with the Spanish dictator. - Express Photo,
High Treason
The Institute said that the which dissolved last year fol-
national Apart from offering the extra Brazilian population was In-lowing the
uprising speed, comfort and romance of
creasing at a rate of 1,300,000 will be re-established, Budapest Trial Of Africans "jet travel", the Rusaigha also persons per year. placing Radio reported today. hope to being stamlards of Brazil among the leading coun- Quoting the Hungarian even- service of the TU-104
Johannesburg, Feb. 16. tries of the world in population ing newspaper, Eat! Hirlap, !!
The first prosecution witnesses said those of the West. It is the only increase.
the representatives of Sovlat airliner
an which
(non-Communist) Youth Guards were heard today in the pre- Africans meals are at present regularly population in the world, follow-
Brazil has the seventh largest units, decided at a meeting to lot hearing of 150 served, however,
still there la
Youth and Indians charged with high the to dissolve other much to be done. The inefficient ing after China, India, the Guards and reorganise the old treason.
and
of USSR, the United States, Japan movement. nature
A total of 33 days were de- Although the Ruslans Soviet restaurants, in which it and Indonesia.--France-Presse.
Are
(The official reason for the
the reading of some galoing
is virtually Impossible to gel a experience sbuk
dissolution of the Communist voted to "know-how," they
still quick meal, still makes its in-
Ploncer
Movement last year of more than 11,000 documents seriously handicapped by their fluence felt in jet-age travel at
was the one-sided orientation of produced as evidence by the Paris, Feb. 18. old-fashioned aircraft
35,000 feet and 500 miles in
any
The Soviet Union and Ceylon the organisation and its bad prosecution. attempt to match Western flying
hour,
have decided to establish influence on the young boys and comfort
diplomatic relations and to ex- | girls,) change ambassadors, the Mos- cow radio announced today.
The radio sald that M. Yakovlev had been appointed Soviet Ambassador to Ceylon,-
now
Aro
per
The Aeroflot jounet
Civa The twin-engined Ilyushin-12 Aviation stated in recent airliner which is Aeroflot's editorial: "There are still many "work-horse" is much lower unsolved problems in providing and noisier. with more cabin passengers with food and good vibration, than Finnair's twin-service. Employees must show engined Convairs. Unlike the more flexibility,
and speed Convairs, the Soviet aircraft are efficiency."--China Mall Special France Fresse.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
PLEASE --HELP--
MET
FERDINAND
NANCY
aeroplane
to
PERFUME
Moscow, the
change in
the
by
A PENNY
standard of service offered Acroflot on its northern rotites is startling.
A passenger who steps aboard
a Soviet aircraft today is wel- comed by a smiling air hostess wearing a neat, dark blue suit,
No Loud-Speakers
Before the journey starts, the brings round tray of Soviet aweets for
passengers to suck during the take-off, although she still does not make the rounds, as on all Western air Ilner, to sow that muzely, belts aro Zastened before talde-off and Tanding
There, la
loud-speaker sysfsen, by means of which the dir. Hustens om captain greets the pinanooga, din movbyar different language and uplalim to them the thetails of the digit. Noc, In
Union, jar, meda i provided to
00
A SQUIRT
COME ON!
JOHNNY HAZARD
WE-LL, WELLA MR.HAZAR-ROLOUR JOLLY COMPANY IS | HOW COMPLETEI SIT.
DOWN AND BEHAVE.
jung: YOURSELF...
- YOU'LL HAVER GET AWAY. WITH "THIS),"' 'ELISMA.....WHATEVER YOU'VE PLANHSP);
THE GIRL IS PULLED
BACK INTO THE FOG.
(OH, BUT, I HAVE ZENOTHING THAT ANYONE CAN DO. NOW WILL PERVENT THE DENIES OF OUR FRIEND MR JARAKCE - YOU OBFERVE THAT MICROPHONELA)
Several South African police- A decree issued by the Hun- men today took the witness Corian Presidential Council on stand in the Johannesburg Drill the establishment of "workers Hall, where the hearing is being armed units will be published held, to testify about specches in tomorrow's official Gazette, made at various meetings of the Budapest Radio reported
National to-African
France-Presse. night.-China Mail Special.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davla
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