Interesting correspondence has been published in Bombay relative to the Towers of Silence containing the dead bodies of members of the Parsee community.
In a letter to the Governor of Bombay, Sir Jamshedji Jeejibhoy, leader of the Parsee community, stated "The religious customs of our com:
munity require that bodies of the dead should not be seen by non-Parsees.
"To re that custom, our Towers of Silence, where ing to our customs bodies are exposed to the sun and to flesh-devouring birds, are surrounded by high walls.
"Now the introduction of aeroplanes and such other flying machines causes an anxiety among our people that carosity may lead some persons flying in such machines to hover over cur our Towers.
Tf such a thing will happen that will wound the religious feeling of our community."
He, therefore, asked that the Towers should be declared a prohibited area.
In his reply, the Governor says he communicated with the headquarters of the Royal Air Force at Simla, and following that, Air Commodore Webb Owen pointed out that low flying over any city in India was a civil offence.
An order would, however, be issued regarding low flying over places of worship of all creeds, The Governor further stated that the Commissioner of Police would issue a direct warning to pilots flying in Bombay to avoid flying low over the Towers of Silence.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.