GOLD TRANSPORT
FREQUENT DISPATCH BY AIR.
When quantities of gold have to be •-sent .'long - distances they are now very frequetit'y being dispatched by air, or, if-airs.services are not available all the wav, by air and sea. “It is cheaper by, air,” say the people concerned. They have worked it out that the saving of .interest alone, which results from the •rapidity of air transport, is more than sufficient to meet the express charges made for the service.
'T.. ; Tri---(V]«V parcel His-' patched from , Los. Angeles to Poon• i, in ■J:ti4ia^^i'ostßpi(ii:^:nip^ , if;a.: hV.o-flir^ingil., phT i:.bone J Atliiixtrr*; voyage -V ■• liner;• .■was-s-enfc by the- Imperial Airways service to India. The whole journey took eighteen d.ivs, a saving of over a fortnight with ordinary transport methods. There is still a greater saving in the case of packages to BagdacL. The time by air' and spa, tom New 1 ;York is*,only tl.dgys, as against 36 to 40 days by the older transport methods-. ‘ -
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 6
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160GOLD TRANSPORT Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1933, Page 6
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