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from Paris to London to take part in a cireus. On another occasion a big Handley Page-Napier carto- plane had its hull fitted up as a horaç-box, in order to transport a valuable animal on an urgent aerial journey from abroad

Occasionally a tank of those strange creatures, "sea-horses," will come through from the South of France, consigned to the London Zoo.

January 22, 1991. constantly into aerial cargoes, the One of the romances of modern saving of time in aeroplane trans aviation is the growth which is port representing not merely hours now taking place in the aerial but days. Not long ago, owing to Merchandise dispatched by air Iransport of urgent merchandise. the fact that Brussola sprouts are from Croydon nt mid-day is de Often, at the present time, and got nemally available in Egypt in livered in Paris the same evening. in a single day, more than 20 tons Winter some of the big hotels in It is also possible in a single day of freight are passing either in Alexandria and Cairo conceived to affect the norial transport and ward or outward through London's the idea of having a consignment delivery of packages to such im- aerial terminas at Croydon.

sent out specially by the Indian portant destinations as Brussels, During a recent period of nine mail-plane to give an extra attrac-Cologne, and Berlin. On the Im- months' nearly 700 tons of urgent tion to the Christmas fare; so,perial Airways England-India mails and merchandise were air-jalno, on another occasion, were a route a consignment of goods will borne to and fro along the Euro-number of lobsters.

reach Egypt from London in four pean and Indian lines of Imperial į The existence of the Imperial days, and will be in India in not Airways. That such loads are Airways route enables vital time-more than seven days, while along greatly on the increase may be saving to be effected in sending the new African route, when it is gathered from the fact that, during samples of the Egyptian cotton in full operation, air-loads will 1928, the total figure was not more crop to London.

reach Cape Town in eleven devs, as compared with 17 days by ur- face transport. One of the aims. in building up the air-freight of Imperial Airways, has been to quicken every aspect of the ground organisation. Exporters. famillar: with transport through large docke are prone to think of Chatoma'}] clearance as a business of any- thing from 24 to 48 hours, except :: in cases where special rates are paid. In aerial transport the average nerodrome Customs' thine is not more than from two to five- hours.

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Nearly all the bullion dispatch Remarkable, now, is the variety ed from London to the continent of air-borne merchandise. Often is now air-borne--a convincing a stranded motorist on the contribute not only to the speed, but tinent will cable for some part for his car. Across this goes to him at once in the next air ex- 'press. Fragile articles in growing numbers are dispatched by acro- plane, not only on account of the speed but also for the reason that air-borne goods receive such caro in handling and transport. An im- portant point, when considering| the airway as a means of transit for urgent loads, is that insurance! is cheaper by air than by any other transport, owing to the ab- sence of pilfering and the greatly! reduced risks of breakage.

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into by air.

a lion's den. In this im-way termini and taken direct lo Perishable Goods.

provised cage a fully-grown lion, Croydon for air dispatch on the Perishable goods find their way accompanied by. Its trainer, few next departing 'plane.

Nearly 2,000,000 wireless valves have now been air-borne in the also to the security, of acrial machines of Imperial Airways be transport. Often, too, as con tween London and the continent.trast from this, a consignment of So, also, hava approximately day-old chicks will be placed on an £30,000 worth of loud-speakers. early-morning plane, and in not When valuable pictures have to be more than a day's flying will reach sent to and fro between London some destination for-distant across and the continent, it has now be- the Continent. come the rule to consign them vla

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