HC Deb 18 May 1936 vol 312 c849W
Mr. MORGAN

asked the Postmaster-General the approximate times taken by the British air-mail, the sea-mail, the trans-Siberian mail, and the trans-Canadian mail in reaching Shanghai from this country?

Major TRYON

The normal time of transmission to Shanghai by the weekly British air service to Hong Kong, and from Canton to Shanghai by the Chinese internal air service, is 12 days; by surface route via Suez, 32 or 33 days; via Siberia 16 or 17 days, and via Canada between 29 and 34 days.