EMPIRE GEOGRAPHY
(Press Assn.—
AIR RACE TO SHOW THE WAY TO MELBOURNE
-By Telegraph— Copyright).
London, November 16 Gommenting on Sir Miaeph'erson Robertson's statement that one of his reasons for providing the LondonMelbourne prize money was 'to teach people where Melhourne is," Flight says: "It is deplorable that such a remark is justified, hut the fact is that the geography of the Empire is b,adly taught in most British and possibly also Dominion, schools." The paper adds: "There is n© need for Australians to hewail backwardness of the aircraft design. They have established some of the finest and most useful airlines in the world, and soon will join hands with Imperial Airways in putting Melhourne on the rnap."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 692, 18 November 1933, Page 5
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118EMPIRE GEOGRAPHY Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 692, 18 November 1933, Page 5
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