TASMAN AIR MAIL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 194, 30 May 1938, Page 5

TASMAN AIR MAIL

NEW ZEALAND’S ATTITUDE. ALLEGATION IN AUSTRALIA. MINISTER’S REPLY TO MR SAVAGE. * (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Minister of Defence (Mr Tliorby) stated that the attitude of New Zealand to the proposed Tasman air mail service had made further negotiations with the British Government necessary and the service would probably not commence until the end of the year. Mr Thorby was replying to a denial by Mr Savage that the New Zealand Government had raised difficulties in connection with the proposed Tasman service. He said that the New Zealand Government had raised certain points that did not come within the scope of the agreement reached at the conference held in Wellington last year. “I am not able to. disclose what those points are, hut. the position now is not the same as it was when the conference took place in Wellington,” said Mr Tliorby, who added that the New Zealand Government lias asked that the conference which he had announced some weeks ago would be held in Sydney to discuss details of the service should be held in New Zealand. The Federal Ministry believed that the conference should be held here as the representatives of both Australian and British interests were in Sydney, and it would be more convenient for them to meet here than in New Zealand. No date had yet been fixed for this conference.