TRANS-TASMAN SERVICE
Must Wait Till Britain is Ready AUSTRALIAN BEUEF (Reeeived 5. 8.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 4. The S'anday Sun's Melbourne correspondent says Australia may have to wait untii the mauguration of the Em-' pire flying-boat service next yedr before the trans-Tasman service is begun. The agreement between the Britisn, Australiau and New Zealahd Governments at the Imperial Conference on the operation principles of the service does not mean that Austt'alia and New Zealand^ will get .ihe early mail link with!
America which is expeeted. It is almost certain that the British) attitude will be. that the Tasman cross-l I ing is merely one stage of the proposed! j British air line across the Pacifie ,to bej I jinaugurated at a future date. Britain) , is concerned with the Southampton- ! Sydney flying-boat route and is unlike-1 ly to do anything about. running to hlew Zealand before that is accompUshed. (That may not be for a month after the , (Americans bejgin their regular service ; to Auckland.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 66, 5 April 1937, Page 9
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164TRANS-TASMAN SERVICE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 66, 5 April 1937, Page 9
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