This magnificent new building, which will house most of the departments of the Aurora University in Avenue Dubail, was opened formally on September 12, The walls are finished in, grey stone and red and as this photograph shows, every effort has been made to secure the maximum of light and fresh alr for the halls and classrooms within, that on the Canton-Hanoi section mails were frequently despatched by steamer, he admitted that, this was occasionally true, but said that this would only occur during bad weather, when one plane, through a delay, {alled to connect with another, which Jeff on schedule. Rather than wait the two days for the following plane, the mails would be despatched by steamer.
Twelve Days to Europe The new service brings the French Post Office within 12 days of Shanghai, In addition to the ordinary ostage, letters, postcards, and printed malter (including newspapers) are subject to a surtax, or air mail postage rate, of 65 cents per five grammes or fraction thereof, when address sed to cities in France or othe: European countries. 'The only exception is for air mails to Greece and Italy, when the surtax, is 60 cents er five grammes or fraction thereof 'Mails despatched over this route should be marked "Via Hanoi.'
In connection with air mail matter arriving from abroad, addressed. to Shanghai or other cities in China, Mr, Wong said that in all cases where the through air mail rate had been paid, these letters would be delivered by air. This applied equally to matter brought here by Air France or by the Imperial Airways route to Hongkong. In the case of the latter, letters would be sent from Hongkong. to Canton by rail, and then put on board a C.N.A.C. plane. In the case of mail matter for which only the air mail rate to Hanoi or Hongkong had been paid, this would be deliver= ed through the ordinary postal chan-lights. The floor-levels are Polished concrete, tinted red, the entire space being kept scrupulously clean and free from dust by a vacuum suction system. Each level has 170 metres of shelving, housing 34,000 volumes; the available capacity of the library is, therefore, 272,000 books, At present, largo as it is, the university library Is barely sufficient to fil the shelves on four of the levels, about 136,000 volumes, The steel shelves were specially designed and manufactured ai the Tousewei metal works.
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