Captain BALFOURasked the President of the Board of Trade if the new trans-Atlantic liners are to be equipped for the carrying and launching of high-speed mail aircraft, with a view to enabling mail deliveries to be executed from the ship to shore while the vessel is still approaching land?
§ Mr. W. R. SMITHNo proposals of the nature referred to have so far been brought to the notice of the Board of Trade in connection with the building of any new trans-Atlantic liners.