TASMAN AIR MAILS.
"Smithy" to Tender If Allowed To Use Own 'Planes.
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
(.Received 9.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith will sail in the Wanganella to-day to discuss with New Zealand officials the transTasman air service. He will be a tenderer for this project provided he is allowed to use machines which he considers suitable.
AIR MAIL DELAY.
MISHAPS IN AUSTRALIA
(Received 10.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day
The incoming English air mail, due on Sunday, is 48 hours behind schedule.
A Perth message says that, landing on sodden ground at Wyndham, the mail 'plane on the Perth to Daly Waters service, overturned and was extensively damaged. ' The pilot and passenger were not injured. This was the 'plane which was held up at Fitzroy Crossing aerodrome yesterday, and the England-bound mail 'plane, after a delay of over 24 hours, will now leave Darwin without the West Australian mail.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 58, 9 March 1935, Page 9
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