Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMB. 25, 1919. TELEGRAMS BY AIR MAIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2033, 25 September 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald THURSDAY, SEPTEMB. 25, 1919. TELEGRAMS BY AIR MAIL.

A PLAN for facilitating communicalion, by combining (he use of the telephone' or the telegraph with the aeroplane, was outlined recently by Mr Holt Thomas, in a lecture in London. He said messages sent by the system would be described as aerograms. The general idea was to telephone or telegraph a message to the aerodrome, where it would be taken down in shorthand, carried, say, to France in a ’plane, and dispersed there to its destination. Such a system would be invaluable for dealing with long press cables. A message of 3,000 words between Paris and London could be delivered by aeroplane long before it had got across the cable. Moreover^ the aeroplane would probably be carrying millions of rvords and other things as well at the same time. The economy in labour by the use of' such a method would be enormous. The- public would have to pay for speed in the aerial mail, and tor that reason"he was not a great believer in passengers, lor they would not be able to pay the rate tjiat would be necessary if they were to be transported quickly; if the transportation was not going to be quick, the passenger had better travel by live old method. Until the time of aerial liners was reached it would be impossible to make aerial travel pay.