There was a good deal of re-icing when the frst aeroplane arrived here direct from Canton.
The journey had taken six hours and the travellers were lavishly entertained. The next lap of their Journey should bring them to Nan-King tonight, "Av great deal energy fs being expended in raising funds. for Commercial aviation in Hupeh Province, but as yet no one has explained what the aeroplanes are going to carry. Passengers are rot likely to be numerous, letters to inland places are rarely' urgent, and though things are moving, time Atill_does not count for much out fide the big cities. The fact that the Telegraph Administration docs not find any demand for the opening of offices at short distances indicates that the lust for rapid communication has mot yet taken hold'on the people. The Provincial authorities seem to think in terms the spectacular, and still do not put first things first.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.