GROWTH OF SERVICES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 11

GROWTH OF SERVICES

EXTENSION TO AUSTRALIA

COMECTING CANADA

(British Official Wireless.) (Beceived November 1, 8 a.m.) RUGBY, October 30. Presiding-at a general meeting of the Imperial Airways today, Sir Erie Gcddcs referred to the extension of the England-India route to Australia. He said that the. service had been extended from Karachi to Rangoon, and by the end of December would be operating to Singapore. "The Australian Government," he said, "has assumed responsibility for establishing a line from Singapore to some point in Australia, and has decided to invite tenders for the carriage of air mails over that section of the line. Imperial Airways have made a concordance with the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services, Limited (Quantas), of Brisbane, for the formation of a joint company to tender for and, if successful, to operate the Singapore-Darwiii-Brisbane section of the England-Australia service." Sir Eric Geddes explained that passengers were at present taken by rail from Paris to Brindisi owing to the political objections to the Imperial Airways service operating from France towards Italy along the Mediterranean coast. He was hopeful that the odjections which formerly prevented Italy from permitting the' operation of this route would shortly be removed. A great deal of investigation was still being dovotad to the North Atlantic project, and the company had made Satisfactory contracts in regard to cooperation with the Canadian and Newfoundland Governments on this route. "Canada is likely to be by force of circumstances the last of the great, Dominions with whom we shall make a contract by means of regular air services," Sir Eric said. "We can, however, look forward to developments taking place on this transatlantic project in complete harmony with Great Britain and Canada." They hoped, to-establish during the next year, in co-operation with the Pan-American Airways, a 6ervjce between Bermuda and the United States. Sir Eric cited the large increase in traffic carried by Imperial Airways during the pa«t year,