SEVEN-DAY JOURNEY.
LONDON TO INDIA BY AIR. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, March 23. The time-table for the new LontionIndia air mail, which is to fly over Central instead of Southern Europe, has been issued by Imperial Airways. The mails will be' flown across Central Europe to Usknb (Serbia), then catch the night train to Salonika, whence they will be flown to Alexandria in a single' day. Afterwards they will follow the old route via Bagdad and the Persian Gulf to India, which will he reached seven days after leaving London. It is recalled that exactly 100 years ago the news was received in Britain that the East India Company’s ‘•nip, Marquis of Wellington, had created a record by reaching. Indian in 91 days after leaving Britain.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 139, 25 March 1930, Page 5
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