STRANGE AIR CARGOES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22543, 7 October 1936, Page 7

STRANGE AIR CARGOES

TIPS FOR BILLIARD CUES DOOR HANDLES AND SPIDERS Air officials in Australia have been making notes lately as to tlio remarkable variety in freight now consigned by air. A good deal of curiosity was aroused recently by one parcel, the contents of which were described in the single word "tips." This wps found, however, to have nothing to do with any question of gratuities. Actually the parcel contained a number of tips for billiard cues. One recent consignment comprised a flute sent from Australia to England by air to have some special adjustment made to it. The ilute not only travelled to London by air, but also went back again by the flying route, completing an aerial journey of over 25,000 miles. An examination of some of the recent waybills for goods air-borne in Australia provided the following list of miscellaneous articles: —Liquid glucose, door handles, parrots, canaries, chicks and hatching eggs, apples, artificial (lowers, bacterial cultures, cabinet of cutlery, golf clubs, rose trees, stockmen's saddles, and tennis racquets. One of the oddest consignments was that of a box of spiders from Western Australia, which were consigned to a museum in Prague.