London, Nov. 13.
It is estimated that about 500 tons of Christmas mail will be air borne along Empire routes in the next five weeks. Something like—17,000,000 letters are expected to leave Southampton by flying-boat.
To cope with the task Imperial Airways are pressing all available aircraft into service, and several great airliners have had their passenger saloons dismantled to increase their mail carrying capacity.—Wireless through Reuter.
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