AUSTRALIA-LONDON SERVICE
CANBEREA, May 27. ! The air mail service between Australia japd London wjll cpmmence in January, 1938. It will provide for an w initial sehedule of ten days with a progressive reductien to geven days. The postage ratp will be reduced from ls $1 to 5d a half ounce. The Commonweaith gubsidy will b§ S- maximum pf £50,000' per year. The new Empire iyigg-bQgts will be psed on trial for two yearg on the Augtralian section of the route from Syd- - ney to Singapnpe. The Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Page) announced that an agreement had been finally reached between the Gavernmest of the Uaited Kingdom and Australia,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 112, 28 May 1937, Page 7
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107AUSTRALIA-LONDON SERVICE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 112, 28 May 1937, Page 7
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