CANADIAN AIRCRAFT FOR PACIFIC SERVICES?

Chronicle (Levin), 3 January 1948, Page 5

CANADIAN AIRCRAFT FOR PACIFIC SERVICES?

An order" fo'r" an'craft to be use'd in the British Commonwealth Bacilic Air-,, ways services linking Canada with XeW Zealand and Australia would be placed with Canadlan firms if delivery could be assured within a reasonable timo limit, said Mr. J. Tlvorn, Xew Zealand High Coniniissvoner to Canada, in Montreal recently. He recalled that Britain had urged that the airline serviee be established as soon as ivossible after the war so as to. provide quiek communication between! nation? of the Commonwealth. The I'oinpany' lannched the enterprise but found it inipossible to obtain the! desired type of four-engined planes.required for the serviee. "Xew Zealand will buy Canadian planes in preference to Amei'ican, provided they can be obtained," he said. The model cliosen was the Canadiah Four, made in Montreal, and suited for transocean travel. XTow Zealand sought to deve'lop its corn'mercial trade and .p-roTnote its louris't potential, said Mr. Thorn. Trade, relations witli Canada had bejem! ' rieglig'ilile in the past and it was desired; that this should uow be built u,p. When the Auc klaud-V anco'U ver ser-. vice was inaugurated on April 25i, 1947,! it was announced that uutil B:C.P.A. ' could obtain suita'ble aiferaft the ser-1 vice would be nvaintaiued under coniract liv Australian Xntion-al Air ways.