MISCELLA NEOUS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1928, Page 4

MISCELLA NEOUS.

PROPOSED AIR SERVICE

(United Service.)

{Received this day at 10.15 a.m.! LONDON, August 24. A German company’s proposal to the Commonwealth to subsidise an Austra-lian-New Zealand flying boat service has aroused interest in London. Imperial Airways always understood Australian companies desired control at their own end of the Anglo-Australian-New. Zealand services. If Australian companies were not prepared to avail themselves of any government subsidy, no difficulty would be offered to London organising an All llritish service for Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. Any claim that flying boats possessed a cruising range dtf 2,000 miles carrying fifteen passengers, could easily he tested by standard practice in England and Europe; where planes witn fifteen passengers or equivalent in freight, had to refuel every 500 or GOO miles. Some of the larger German routes carried- fewer passengers at higher fares.

BYRD’S EXPEDITION. VANCOUVER, Aug. 24. The Chelsea leaves Now York ni September 15th. Byrd himself sails on October 10th I'rom San Pedro. The expedition ships all meet at Dunedin where the final supplies will be loaded, Byrd himself sailing aboard the City of New Yolk, starting with the Chelsea for the Antarctic. STOWAWAY'S KILLED. VANCOYER, Aug. 24. A message from Baltimore states ■oven Portuguese stowaways aboard the steamer SUel Inventor were killed b.v fumes while the vessel . which is from Brazil, was being disinfected.