As from this Tuesday first class mall letters and postcards prepaid at hidinary international postage will be Sent every weekday by alr to Den mark, Sweden, Novway and Finland, to the latest decision of aM, master-General. The result Will be thatthe correspondence in question will be delivered 24 hours earlier than under existing conditions, but what Is of greater significance Is that the aeroplane asa medium of mail delivery is. in this Thstanee being brought into line with ether forms of postal conveyance. The principle 1s being adopted in con tion with airmail, as it already has been In connection with other means of, mall. transport, that whichever affords the quickest delivery will be used, Obviously in the ease of this latest development it should shortly have the effect of ensuring that all postal matter between Britain and {he countries named will be carried by alr at ordinary international cates, though builder mail will probably less "special charges are id." The experiment will be Wwatehed with interest, especially with 10 the ultimate extension of ventes. With regard {0 these latter it seems apparent that considerations, which do hot exist In connection with the carlage of mails so comparatively a short trip across the North Sea, will have to be reckoned with, not the Toast of which will be the cost of travelling very much Nevertheless It is to with the general expansion of the air It will be possible, If not to do exactly the same thing, at: Toast to Fedueo charges, so that the question fof expense will no longer prove a Aoterrent. from using the quick means of transporting correspondence, What will be the ultimate effect upon the fortunes of shipping companies, whom the carriage of mails supplies a by no means inconsiderable Income, remains to be seen.
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