NEW AERIAL SERVICES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19472, 6 May 1925, Page 10

NEW AERIAL SERVICES.

LINKING UP THE STATES OF AUSTRALIA. New aerial services to connect Broken Hill (N.S.W.) with Mildura (V.) and Hay (N.S.W.) with Melbourne will be established at an early date, says the Argus. The Minister of Defence (Sir Neville Howse. Y.C.I announced recently that the necessary arrangements had been almost completed. These branch lines will junction with the direct Adelaide to Sydney aerial service. which in the near future will terminate at Cootamundra (N.S.W.), passengers proceeding thence to Sydney by the night mail train. A great saving in time for passengers, mails, and light freight in transit between Broken Hill and Sydney will be effected W the new service, as travelling time by aeroplane will take only 19 hours, as compared with the 69 hours which the train journey from Broken Hill to Sydney occupies. Districts served by the Melbourne to Hay branch will be benefited proportionately, as it will be possible to travel between these places by way of Echuca and Deniliquin in three hours, against 14 honrs by the fastest and most direct mail train and car. Sir Neville Howse said that machines will fly between Broken Hill and Mildura twice a week, between Hay* and Melbourne twice a week, and between Adelaide and Cootamundra twice a week each way. The services will be > maintained by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co., Ltd., which is now operating between Adelaide and Sydney with six D.H.50 or other equally suitable machines. The total mileage is about the same as that of the service between Adelaide, and Brisbane, as previously arranged hue now amended. “It is hoped and believed,” added Sir Neville Howse. “that these new services will from the time of the commencement be as satisfactory as have those between Perth and Derbv, in Western Australia, and Charlavilln to Camnoweal, in Queensland, and will prove of equal national value.’’ The Postmaster-General (Mr Gibson), speaking recently at Perth, said that when certain of the outback mail service contracts expired, he would call alternative tenders for aerial services, which he hoped would attract some of Australia's enterprising young airmen. Be would like to see the establishment of an aerial service, which would link up the northern terminus of the West Australian aerial mail at Derby and the terminus of the Queensland service at Camooweal.