MAILS BY AIR.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1921, Page 1

MAILS BY AIR.

WI-'.ST At'Sl'liAi.l A'S KXPKIUMKN 1 SYDNEY. September 1 D All the States of Australia are v.atehcuriously the develupme.tl ul the i:,l mail sen ire which l " with a big Covenumut suhudv in Western Amt ra I ,a. W h"' l!,e vast trails of country in all purls , | He- Commonwealth necessarily nmk' f n't u'r'e' nmde ’of fW’graphic, the elVnrts Hmt have been made m dm direct i,l,ut been notable f'"' d - "' V" I''*- 1 ''*- mis,.. Manv men who were ndmirahlv lined to ,"induct aerial servn-es and to I :,s liie.-llan,- etc., hat e " e- 1 hm.-d to drift ha, k 1" < i'd ; i”t"um.

-ei ill'll" their invaluahle wartime ex- , eriem e "and losing contact withtinrapid ev-lotu-n ,T airer-fi. D, \\-"t \ ust r.,1 ia, ho". 'VC,,'. -mne,thing practical has at length been done, and the particulars that haw now been made avail.,hie hy the Mi.ersslul leii,p.under the ( lov-'innient siiPsuty • a limin' 'rive promise -I the sVrvire being of great value in other directionbesides the , nrrian ■ of mail-. \ ohince al lh ■ map of Western \ i ,-t,7,lia -ho" s the enormous scope and usefulness of the service Cast tineye In,-II ill" -oulherly , al'll.d. I e.'t . and swwp up that h,ng stretch of , oa-l "di over a i lions', mi miles as the crow llie . and , 1 deal fnrlhcr around the 1,,,1" .0,-1. 1,, t in- iiiiportani inn lliei ii centre of Dm-hy. at the head

of Kinsr. Sound. These are the two terminal points. The points of call may ea-'ily he di-eerm'd. < mraldto« n. n.uniliy -J.lO miles UP the cast from Perth, is 111'' tii'st. then comes C'ainarv,,„. at the head of the das, ny ne river, all,„,si an e'pial distance I'nrther still, then Onslow, Port Ih'dland. Ilromm' whore one of the eohle.- terminates - and Derby.

Jm,|' this hold scheme Major ISrearley is importing' machines, which are about • lee lo arrive wh-eli "ill have •- nonstop ,iaisinu r,, line of I 'OH inih's at ld (l miles an hour. There will he depots at 1!,,, live principal ei'iitrc, named |Vrth. Ocraldtown. Carnal von. l’-'i l ||,aland and Derby and hetween each there "ill In- relays. The pfissentler , at,, mi the marhiiies will he only Is per mile, and the machines stationed at various points while awailinu the arrval of mails, will la- available for other pnrpeses. -I'lell as the earrh,'. , .e ol ilin'l,,i's to inland towns and stations, the , ,ist of s i'ell services, aeeordilin In llie Major, heinu, in all likelihood about |- |,er mill' for one passeuuer and 'Js (Mill where there are two.