SALVAGED MAIL.
LETTERS ON WRECKED CYGNUS Received 10 a.m.) LONDON". December 10. The whole of tlic mail carried by the Empire flying boat Cygmis. which wa< wrecked at Hrindisi. comprising 120.0011 letters, lias now been s-ahaiied. A feware so badly damaged that it will be impossible to deliver them. Watersoaked stamps which were peeled off will be carefully preserved fur six months. after which they will be sold, but anyone receiving an unstamped letter marked "damaged by sea water." can have stamps on application. I MORE FLYING BOATS. IMPERIAL CO. EXTENSIONS. i Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON". December 10. Imperial Airways has ordered pig" t all-metal four-engined flyin.n Uiats**t-< meet ever-growing traffic demands a:id extensions of routes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 299, 17 December 1937, Page 7
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