To the Editor of the "Norra-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—I am rather wondering what sort of celerity we are going to get out of this much talked of aeroplane post. am afraid aeroplanes have been a very sad disappointment whea it came to a show down in the Fay East, for the Rome-Tokio flight, instead of being a matter of a few days, seemed to be rather one of months. But my first observation was prompted by the conviction that aeroplanes will have to be quicker tham telegrams if they are to be of any use, I have before me now a telegram just received from Tientsin notifying the shipment of a pony. The distance is some 900 miles, I believe, as the crow flies, but i fact, loath as you may be to believe it, that the pony arrived before the telegram.
T am, ete., Shanghai, July 12.
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