BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA.
Hi DAYS BY AIR By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, August 8, Sir Keith Smith has submitted to Mr. Hughes details of the offer recently made by Commander Burney to the British air authorities for the establishment of a mail and passenger air service from Britain to India and Australia. The journey would be shortened to 11| days. It is proposed to form a company with a capital of £4,000,000, the countries'obtaining the benefit of the service to pay a yearly contingent subsidy; Britain, £91,000; India and Australia £40,000 each. Mr. Hughes ( will' submit the scheme to Parliament at an early date. He understands the British and Indian Governments are prepared to co-oper-ate.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1922, Page 5
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114BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1922, Page 5
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