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THE CHINA MAIL OCTOBER 20,

Men Maidens And Cows

Vienna, Oct. 12.

Many, many times have stoms officials throughout the world bes

but never as early as by the country bumpkins of Styri

on the goslavian bo

der

During the past several

oting mothers in that

the

SOVIET CLAIMS TO AIRMAIL RECORD 6,200 TONS CARRIED THIS YEAR

REMARKABLE GROWTH IN ARCTIC

The Soviet claims a world's cord for the

and maila by air.

This year 38,000 tons of cargo

been at a loss to under

have been carried, compared with reason for their ability to happily 33,000 tons in 1936. The air mail marry off their daughters. The figure is 6,200 tons, compared with reason for this has recently been 15,770 tons. brought to light. They simply never thought of cows. The facts are as follows

The amazing growth in civil aviation in the Soviet is shown by the fact that the aggegate length Styrian swains suddenly develop of trunk airlines is now more than ed an extreme fondness for the 34,000 miles. Fast aeroplanes fly damsels from over the border, a daily between Moscow and Lenin- though in looks and general useful-grad, Odessa, Minsk, Sochi, Sim- Irkutsk and ness, the latter compared most un- feropol Sarstov,

Yukutsk favourably with Styrian maidens.

In 1934 Soviet aeroplanes cover- Anxious parents discussed all as-fed 3,687,500 ton-miles; in 1936 it pects of the problem without find ing a suitable solution.

MORE DAUGHTERS

had risen to 13,062,500 in-miles. and this year it is 15,625,000 ton- miles.

It

expected that 180,000 passengers will be carried this year, compared with 167,000- Inst

year.

Meanwhile, the production of daughters was becoming greater and greater in comparison with A feature of the last few years their consumption by marriage, and has been the remarkable expansion as is well known, there results what in Soviet Arctic aviation.

The

is termed a "depression." However, length of airlines in the extreme the parents were only mentally de-north now reaches 8,750 miles com- pressed, not financially.

pared with less than 1200 miles in 1953.

The solution to this mystery came as a complete surprise to all con- cerned.

Help To Whalers And Seal

Since last August aeroplanes m the Arctic areas have transported 8,069 passengers, 111 tons of mail and 730 tons of cargo.

The authorities were suddenly asked to put a heavy tax on the import of cattle from Yugoslavia by the Syndicate of cattle-breeders.

In reply to the cattle-breeders, the authorities had the honour to

Aeroplanes also serve the whaling inform the syndicate that it did not and sealing industries. Before these know what it was talking about, as animals were located from the air, there already was a tax on the im-the average annual catch of seals port of cattle.

and whales was between 30,000 and

In reply, the cattle-breeders had 35,000; now it has increased the honour to state that the au-150,000 head. thorities did not know what they The Soviet's civil air feet is also. were talking about, as there was no tax on import of cattle when being brought into the country as dowry

COWS AS DOWRY

This caused a certain amount of wondering in official quarters wh could not see what cows and dowries had to do with each other.

waging a successful struggle against malaria and plant pests. In 1956 aeroplanes sprinkled an area with of more than 2,000,000 aci various poisons.

QUEEN MARY TO

They asked for further informa- ATTEND SEAFORER'S

tion.

The cattle-breeders then explain- ed that Styrian young eligibles were

pairing off with damsels from

Yugoslavia. at an alarming

rate,

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as the latter were able to provide cows as dowry. They pointed out

Queen Mary will be present that bovines were highly prized in the Annual National Service for Austria and were much more ex- Seafarers, which will be held in pensive to purchase than in Yugo St. Paul's Cathedral, on October... slavia.

20 at 5.45 pm.

Therefore, the cattle breeders proceeded, as the cows could be im vorbed from the latter country- of charge

Kovided a wife thrown into the bargain, it is wonder that

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The whole service will be broad- cast on the Empire Wave

was attend.

The Lord Mayor of London

tate and arrang are being made for the atte ustrian damsels were of the Merchant Navy Office emely high odds when men of the Royal Navy

their chances and boys from the variou

schools

Faced with this problem, the au-

thori

promised to remedy the

Styria

it may be hoped that idens will soon be abl

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