DAKOTAS DELIVER CHERRIES

Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1946, Page 7

DAKOTAS DELIVER CHERRIES

-Press Asso&ation

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CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 1U. By January 15 at least G5, 0001b ot cherries wjll liav'e. ; been flown by R.N.Z.A.F. Dakota aircraft from Christ cliurch to Aucklah^- Most of thc cherries will be fronj the Roxburgh district, Otago, but ,tlie lirst stage of the transport will bcuby rail. The lirst load of about HOOlb.left Harewood airport for Auckland tpday. Details of the scheme wliereby tlie Air Forco is cooperaipg. witli tlie Railways Department for. the quick consi'g^iftientk"'df '"ch'erri&e to the North Island, lvere giv'en Hoday by Flight Lieutenant F. -Carpehter, Air Forcu Transport Officer in Christchurch. He said that tlie transport . of the cherries would not pi;event the aircraft from

carrying 2-4 passengers as usuai as on most days the loads would be spread eveuly over four Dakotas. On several other days before and after Cliristinas, provision liad been niade fof the flight of an extra aircraft which would carry a full load 'of cherries. Although all the cherries will 'be consigned to Auckland, it is understood that tlie Railways Department has made arrangements for redistribution to other centres in the North Island. This quick system of transportation meaus that cherries railed in Roxburgh one morning will be 011 sale iu Auckland thc following afternoon.