AVIATORS IN MALAYA.
LINK WITH AUSTRALIA. CO-OPERATION. WITH DUTCH
LONDON, March 12. Aeronautical experts giving attention to a speech oi 1 the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Hugh Clifford, in Singapore, urging an unofficial support of Malayan aviation. He explains that he refers to an air survey/ company’s proposal to establish a daily airlinio from Penang ten Singapore, and' a weekly extension to Batavia, in 1929, with the co-operation of a Dutch line, which is starting in September. The Air Ministry approved of the technical side of the seneme, and the Colonial Office sanctioned subsidies from local Governments. mean v/nile, Malayan commercial and shipping interests largely support the scheme. The importance of the airline as an essential link in Anglo-Australian air mails is emphasised. Holland is as anxious to 'establish air routes to her colonies as Britain is to see the Australian route running. It is desirable that British and Dutch services should! grow simultaneously to- get the full benefit from them. This cannot be realised until the Calcutta-Rangoon link is established, but the-mail from Singapore has been considerably speeded up in the meantime.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 142, 27 March 1928, Page 6
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