AIR MAILS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1930, Page 8

AIR MAILS

SERVICES IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, February 13. The introduction, towards the end of this month, of the l new air mail service between Camooweal, Queensland, and Daly Waters, North Australia, providing, with connecting services, a fast weekly mail service by air between Sydney and Darwin, means the bridging of one of the last big gaps in an almost complete chain of air mails right round the most remote fringes of Australia. It also means a saving of from three to five weeks in the' carriage of mails between Sydney and Darwin, especially if one' just misses an outgoing steamer. A letter posted in Sydney for Daly Waters now takes a circuitous and long course, either via. Adelaide or via .Darwin. It is a matter of weeks. The '"postal authorities are surprised that, in days when time is money, so little advantage is taken' of existing air mail services by the business community. Another noteworthy fact is that many business people are making the mistake —a costly one for the recipients—of affixing on letters by air only the air stamp of 3d and not the ordinary postage as well. The air mail fees received bv the Po«t Office from one of tteso services amounts only to a limit 80s a month—not enough to pay the pilot’s wages for one trip.