POST-WAR CIVIL AVIATION
Federal Minister’s View CONTROL OF INTERNAL SERVICES
(Bv Telegraph. —Press Aren. —Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.)
(Received October 17, 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 17. Australia’s views on the importance of post-war civil aviation have been emphasized bv the Commonwealth Minister of Air, Mr. Drakeford. He said that after the war Australia should have control over her internal air services and those in adjacent territories. Australia’s policy was to establish the most satisfactory relationship with _ the British Commonwealth without denying other nations the right to access to operate beneficial services to Australia. Disclosing that the linking of a chain of aerodromes 150 to 300 miles apart was planned in Australia, Mr. Drakeford said : “Australia has rights which we will not give away and certain intentions which cannot be disclosed at present.” lie added that Britain was lagging in post-war aviation, but her bases in all parts of the world would give her an advantage. The Leader of the Australian Federal Opposition. Mr. Menzies, speaking on the same subject, said :—“We in Australia must believe that no strong post-war world order can be built except upon foundations including a strong and wellknit British Empire,” he declared.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 19, 18 October 1943, Page 5
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196POST-WAR CIVIL AVIATION Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 19, 18 October 1943, Page 5
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