EMPIRE AIR MAILS
DISTRIBUTION IN NEW ZEALAND. BY TRAIN AND STEAMER MEANTIME. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Postmaster-General (the Hon. F. Jones) said today that the question of flying the Empire air mail on inland services was being considered by the Government in connection with the coming extension of the air mail service across the Tasman. He made it clear that in the meantime correspondence would be distributed by train or steamer from the point of arrival, unless the charge for inland air despatch was paid in the country of origin. The obvious advantages of quick distribution were realised, but the handling of the loads involved until the trans-Tas-man service came into operation and the cost of the service were factors to be considered. Mr Jones added that it was quite impracticable to make any arrangement by which correspondence for firms-desirous of such .a service could be picked out at the port of arrival and forwarded in New Zealand by air. He thought this would be obvious to everyone when it was mentioned that an average of at least 120,000 letters would be received from Britain alone each week.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 6
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191EMPIRE AIR MAILS Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 6
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