WILL HE FLY?

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 9

WILL HE FLY?

FINANCE MINISTER.

RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND

MR. NASH MAY MAKE HISTORY

Willi tlin i-hlilpil .iiinoiiii'cmcnt tlint the I rnni Tasinan llviii" lm.it Aotcarnn will lfa\-p on it., -ni\c\ Ili-ht to S'i'W Y,r>rtnu([ at the end nf .linn-, then' i- the po««-ihility thai lhi« Mini-tec, of Finance, the Hon. W. Nii-.li, will make aviation liislnn l',v fl» iny lioiiie from the Initcd l\iiv_-i|om .1 pa«.»eii'j:er. Tin- p,..«il.ilii\ lui- 1 n a talking p.,,nt ever since the Mini.-ti-r made h'm annoiiiii einent l.cfnre dc|in ii iii L.' for KnjrInnd 'hat the lir-t trial on ij,n tr.iu> T.i-mnn air inute mi;_-ht liml a .Minister of I lie Cnnv n iil.oanl a- a pas sciijc!-. When he left liy the Mil lipo-il on May I it «m hoped that Hie l.i-inaii ,e, s ice W'.iild 1..' inau-iiiateil liy the end of .liiiu: in e.n l\ iu -I lily, and the Mini-.-tcr thcicloie i|ilc>l ioiied the pn.-.-iliility of lii- reaching Aii-t rali.i in time for the Ih-lit. About the End of June. hiuce Mr. Xanlt left. lmwe\cr, (he «-ommenePiiienl date m the la-inau n>r\ ice h»s lieen po-1 |ioncd until Oclol.er 1. 111 de'a \ in I lie \ u-l i a lia n picpa Ia ■ tion~. W.lll ll.is tlitfll! mil nl the ipicst.ion. it i- now coii.-idercd that Mr. Nash may examine the po»-iliilit \ nf liltlk ill Ji' the luiinew aid iiijjjp a- a pa -M'ii;_'er on the Aoteaioa when -he inaki'i her -ur\e\' Iheht. lie i-\priti-il to coiupletf hiLondon talk- al.niit I lie end of .lime

a-lioiit, thi , •iiiiu , lime a- I lie tent.itivt dale lixed lor the depart lire of tin , Anteai'oa nil it.-. >iini'\ llitihl.

The -,\ nchroni-al ion i>l : he-c two date-, if i lie Miiii-ler . ii<un!:>te-« hi- <li--

eußsinii- in lime, m.iv cau«e him I o create aviation and political hi-lon 1■ \ 11 _\ in■_•■ linnic aII Ihe tun,

Before iniikiiiL.' Midi a flight, however, Mr. Nni.li "ill ha m< to -i\e rmi-iilf ration to n fiuiulicr ol iniport.iui inattct*. He snatcif in .in interview liefore he left Aiicklaii.l that lu> could hn\e Mown to KngJaud. I'ltt tiiat lie had a con-ideralile amount of work to do on the voyage in prepiirti I ion lor hi* London talk-. (In the return trip he would ha\e to prepare Iho policy part of hi* Budget.

It i« patent that if he wi*he«. to prepare his Budget on the return trip h<* will need to think seriously before tra.vellinjj by air. The difticultU'x of intensive brain work under the conditions of *ky travel are manifest. Ru-i----new. men admittedly continue their work while travelling on modern air routes, litl the type of reieaifh demanded by the, Budget in a different matter. Time Factor Important. The time factor will also rail h<\- con [.(deration. Since l.he Antonroa will be making hrr inantrurnl flight purely aii j-urvey of the route, no ii-kc will lie taken, and tile nllicer-s will i>e in no hurry to push the craft alon-. I nder -mil ca-y coinli t ion.-, it -ccm- uiiliUch I hint Ihe flight v<. ill lie made uiuler a fort n ijrlit —ami thin is a coii.-erv at i\ e e-iimiitc. On hi- nip to la~t month, the Minister « ,i* at. mm for '-!!> day*. I'mnres-ing by easy i-ta'jes. the lli'.'lil ma v take even longer than the Mil \o\ aye. Hurried by the necessity for n quick return to the. Dominion, Mr. Na.-h will have to look carefully into Midi matters. Kv erythinjj will depend on the time taken by the Minister to complete hU London discussion*. In interviews before lut left, Mr. Na«h declared that the ■ -tlka would take at least a month. Pre«ent indications arc that they will ).int until early In July. Ff Mr. Nash does come home by the tl\in_' boat, lie will make history for i his part of the world. The only precedent will be the trans-Taxman journey maili! in the Km pi it living boat (Vnturn- curly !.i-t. \ i>,i r by the Australian '•lininlt>r 'if Trade an I ( u-tom-. die Hon. ' . VV. While, who niadi- Ihe uiviu aid >;i'jp liv nil , nl'ler ili-- i!--iiiL' trade i. oldeiiiN « itli the. New Zealand i oi\ in iinient.