AIR SERVICES

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20730, 14 February 1939, Page 8

AIR SERVICES

SPANNING THE TASMAN RADIO-WEATHER FACILITIES ESTABLISHMENT OF STATIONS (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Tuesday Outlining the proposals agreed to by the Australian and New Zealand Governments for the establishment of adequate radio and meteorological aids to the trans-Tasman air mail service as recommended by the conference held at Melbourne at the end of last year, the Postmaster-General, the Hon. F. Jones, said to-day major sixhourly synoptic Australian weather reports would be broadcast through the Royal Australian Navy Station at Canberra when it was ready for operation and in the meantime from the Royal Australian Air Force Station at Point Cook. New Zealand synoptic reports would be broadcast through the Post and Telegraph radio station at Wellington and synoptic reports, forecasts and advices applying particularly to the Tasman service would be exchanged by point-to-point terminal radio stations to be established at Sydney and Auckland. Point-to-point radio facilities would be provided at Sydney, Lord Howe Island and Auckland and radio navigation facilities at Sydney, Lord Howe Island, Auckland and Awarua. Approval had been given for the installation of a special transmitter at Wellington to be in operation early in March. Terminal Radio Centre An up-to-date terminal radio centre was being established at East Tamaki, Hauraki Gulf, to be known as the Musick Memorial Station. East Tamaki Head would in future be known as Musick Point. A correlated direction-finding service \yould be provided between Auckland and Awarua. By the installation of facilities at Awarua the general work of installation would be prosecuted with the minimum delay to ensure that all facilities would be available by next June.