AIRSHIP SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1925, Page 9

AIRSHIP SERVICE.

TO AUSTRALIA AND EAST. : BRITISH MINISTRY'S OFFER. Al'l'olNTUKN! FOR AIYKI.AN DLR.; I An indication of tiie activity of Hu* , ISruisii .Air -Ministry 111 reguru to mc ! institution ot an air service between j iirilam and the i-ilsi ami Au.-tralia ii- ' evidenced by the cabled oiler of a posi- j lion 111 the. Airship Branch to Lupiain ' I α-orge. 1-. Jleager, ot Auckland, it is 1 the intention 01 mc Ministry to carry j ; out experimental nights in cunuevliuii! , with mc proposed service to the fur j l-.a.-t aim .Australia, ami laptain • Mcugor will doubtless be asked to com- I! maim one of the vessels. Throughout the period of the »«,' Captain .Meager was attached to the! Airship Branch, and ho was singled out j ' for till' piloting of a type of vessel tuat J the Italian Uovernme.nl produced. lie , brought a. number of these airships 1 ] from Italy to England, and subsequently , ( received several decorations at the | hands of both the British and the Italian Governments.. Captain Meager 1 , is a man of ability, and lias a. know- j ledge of French and Italian a.s well as . II smattering of several other languages. ; That lie -has been asked to return to . England is an indication that lie built ' up a reputation for solid work. Like ■ . many oihei demobilised ollicors, lie ; came to New Zealand to try his luck.: and for tlie past eighteen months he lias been assistant tritllic ins])ector under the', Auckland City Council, lie holds the Air I .'•'orce Cross, the Order of the Crown of j .taly, and the Croec di liuerra.j' He "i> n young man of about , Mil. nn,] is of a quiet. retiring disposition. In Association football circles in Auckland he has become a familiar figure, and as a player he will be missed. lie leaves almost im- | mediately to tale up his i-vw position.