TASMAN FLIGHT
PROJECT ABANDONED
GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION DECIDING FACTOR
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SYDNEY, February 3. (Received February 3, at 10.35 a.m.) Mr Jolley announced that be has decided to go no further with the proposed flight across the Tasman, stating that Government and departmental opposition and interference had forced him to this decision.
In a letter to Colonel Brinsmead (Director of Civil Aviation), Mr Jolley stated that although the money was in hand to complete the purchase of a monoplane at present in bond at Sydney, the position had become intolerable as the result of the attitude of the Government and Colonel Brins-mc-ad’s department. It had been decided to return the money to the subscribers rather than ask them to risk a big expenditure in the face of official threats to prevent the flight at all costs.
[lt was stated a few days ago that Moody and Jolley had left Sydney for Melbourne to interview Mr Bruce regarding the conditions under which the Tasman flight would bo permitted by the Federal Government.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19781, 3 February 1928, Page 7
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172TASMAN FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 19781, 3 February 1928, Page 7
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