MEN BY PARCEL POST
A constructional engineer recently completed a journey by air mail to Northern Rhodesia. As, in the ordinary way, the air mails do not carry passengers, lie had to be sent as a parcel, at the rate of sevenpence for -the first half-ounce and sixpence for each additional half-ounce. Strange " parcels " previously sent by aeroplane have included a cow, a lion, and hives of bees. The last-named type of consignment is not always poptdar. On at least one occasion the bees escaped and the pilot was badly stung. Live bees will also be accepted by the British Post Office for transmission within the United Kingdom by letter or parcel post, on condition that they are packed so as to avoid any risk of injury to postal servants or other postal packets. But, as a rule, no living creature may be sent by post unless with the special permission of the Postmaster-General,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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154MEN BY PARCEL POST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 3 (Supplement)
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