CLIPPER’S FLIGHTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 401, 7 April 1937, Page 6

CLIPPER’S FLIGHTS.

hon-ar rival at Wellington. Antagonism "Suggested. Press Association —Copyright. Wellington, March 6. A suggestion that antagonism towards Wellington as an air centre may have 1 en responsible for the Pr:: .-American clipper mane not visiting Wellington last ; Fi ..lay was made by Mr A. R. Hish; j at a meeting of the couik 1 ot the Wellington Chambe of Commerce to-i igh" Mr. Hislop contended that the non’•r’val o the clipper had effectively demonstrated the value of Wellington, a central air terminal base, with Kelson as an alternative landing-place if conditions at Wellington were unsuitable. lie could not help thinking there was a certain umouu. of lukewarmnest and unwillingness about the clipper ’•? proposed visit to Wellington, said Mi lislop. It did not appear to him that t e coi Itions prevailing on Frida.- were frightfully bad If a land:ng could not be made in the jobble on the water that existed on Friday, it seem d a poor look out for the service. What if there were such a jcbble on thv Auckland harbour when the regular service was running? The failure of the clipper to reach Wellington had confirmed the chamber’s view that when the trans-Tas- . an service was established the place of arrival and departure should be i • rhe centre of the Dominion, near Cook Sbrait. The non-arrival of the clipper had shown how three-quarters of the Dominion could bo cut off.