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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 290, 3 September 1919, Page 7

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A BIG WORLD TRANSPORT SCHEME AIRSHIP LINES TO REACH : EVERYWHERE ; ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright fflec. September 2, 7.30 p.m.) I - London, September 1. Owing: to the Government's decision to curtail the airship programme, jt has been decided to place certain airships, ail-ship stations, and scores at the disposal of interested parties with a view to the commercial development of the aircraft industry.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. : (Rec. September 2, li.sp.ui.) ' London, Septcuboi l 2. . Though the Government's decision to ouriail -drastically the airship , programme is. deplored in somo quarters as savouring of panic, and lilcely to hamper progressive developments, a Liverpool syndicate proposes to inaugurate in May, 1920, world-wide services by rigid ,airships, carrying 150 passengers, and by lion-rigid airships for shorter voyages, carrying ,50 passengers. Liverpool -will be the principal baso for the services, which will include all. , the European capitals, Australia, North and South America. South Africa, and .Uu> Far East. The syndicate proposes to buy tho Government's uncompleted airships. ■ ' The London to Paris aeroplane- expresses continue to operate with great punctuality in variable weather. A new Pullman service starts to-day, and a Lon, don to Brussels service begins next week v -AUS.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA. i London, September 1. Lieutenant W. J. Warneford, of tho Australian Flying Corps, is taking a number of aeroplanes in the Barambah, : whichis sailing to-day, for the Australian Aircraft Engineering Company.— Aue.-N.Z., Cable Asan.