BY AIR TO INDIA

Evening Star, Issue 20139, 2 April 1929, Page 8

BY AIR TO INDIA

MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICE

AT NAPLES ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE

(British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

KUCiDY, April 1

(Received April 2, at 10.30 a.m.)

The Air Minister (Sir Samuel Hoaro), accompanied by Air \ ice-marshal Sir A yell Vyvyan and his private secretary, who arc travelling as iar as Egypt by the new England to India air service, arrived on scheduled j.imc at Naples. At Bale (Switzerland) they transferred from the huge ArmstrongSiddsloy air liner to the night express for Genoa, where they embarked on a British seaplane, and reached Naples yesterday evening. General .Do Pinedo and other representatives of the Italian Governmeiit greeted them. On reaching Egypt Sir Samuel Hoaro will fly along die projected air route to Capo Town, travelling 800 miles daily, and returning to Egypt to catch tho air mail from India to London in time for the resasscmbling of Parliament on April 10. The first air mail liner Irom India will also carry Air Yicc-marshal Sir Geoffrey Sahuoml and Lord C’nelw.vnd (vice-chairman of Imperial Airways) and his daughter. BEACHES ATHENS. Press Association—By Telegnph—Copyright ATHENS, -April J. t ßcccivcd April 2, at 11 a.m.)

The India air liner has arrived hero. —Australian Tress Association-United Service.