BY AIR TO SYDNEY
LONDON PROPOSAL. WEEKLY SERVICE PROJECTED. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— CO* WI "" 1 ? 7 ' (attsteaixan and cabls assoc .. (Received January 29th, 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 23In ail article in the "Outlook, J. M. Kenworthy, M.P., «i"£ c{l the es " tension, without delay, of the EgyptIndia air service to Rangoon and Aus tralia. He contended that there uere no technical difficulties. A weekly both-way service to Australia ITOU , cost less than £300,000 a year on t e basis of five shillings per ton pei mi e - Sj'dney could be brought within days of London by day and night fl} ing, or ten days by day flyingThere was not much of a future for p. passenger service, but the British, Indian, and Australian Governments, by a commercial service, would . save a good deal of cabling costs, while the great advantage would be the quicker dispatch cf commercial documents. The service could not bo an All Red one, for the existing European and Asian routes must be used, thence the Dutc l East Indies to Port Darwin.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18603, 30 January 1926, Page 15
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