TASMAN FLIGHT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19198, 3 January 1928, Page 11

TASMAN FLIGHT.

~„ iSSOnATIOK-COPMIOHT.) V ».*• "»" ASSOCIATION, **• J l t ho has communijjjjister) sta advisillg " Ud ;fthefederal Ministry does tha leofthoflig'' ttoNeW t a " »-«>« no T tbe made t« cany it out. •tteopt "" aWI when Captain > b BHlCe nt2 his letter of introducHonJ. G. Coates, l*J rom a the that the IF* S^aZS ? amoved of the Inland Mins 9 lon . Wt*VS?M« to facilitate it '!s«b he fc!t thai that the Justrajpgfauon demanaw did nppro c place no obstacle being attempted. Ho machine. . . , c c{l bled the New setting out the ,aBd f S CoSonwealth Ministry and t| Government s being made with replied ffa deitctear l macbin6 S€]ectedj and & affirm the flight w^redomg *Y I\? Bnari had advised that a iSiiStfrti of -chine should 4 NO FURTHER HELP.

jjjff ZBALANDERS DISAPPOINTED. (Beceiwd January 2nd 5.5 p.m.) jIELBOURNE, January 1. Although Captain Eight and lie other New Zealand airmen inspected their' mio^ ll6 yesterday, they „«& no effort to fly to Sydney. At » l»te lour they were standing by, WMrently awaiting some development %M Brinsmead, Controller of Oml Aviation, said yesterday that in <L of Mr'Bruce's statement it was fcLnble for the Australian authonZtTrender the New Zealanders •tf,note*«staiH!e. What they prowed to do was a matter for thomtehs, .About two months ago Colonel Brinsmead »id Mr Bruce indicated tery dearly the type of machine which wald receive the support of the Federal Government. a * was a m a cnine designed specifically for long distance vflyrag over water. In reply 4o ajjnestion as to what itop the Government would take if the aviators persisted in making the trip, Colonel Brimmead pointed out that there vera certain penalties which couW he iinpositf for a breach of the IfiDjjwnlaoonof the Commonwealth. (hftwYKight states that the Xer fami tirtoen are .extremely deattitude of the AustraM Ointment, as they understood tie permission of the Australia *a«ilorities to make the flight. Ctptth: Eight added' that their \ ti&^fo 1 !* were indefinite. He was (tuMew'say what they were going to had communicated with the' Ne'jr.Zealand Government. iRMNGEMENTS WITH N.Z. ' GOVERNMENT HOLD.

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' DANNEVIRKE, January 2. JfeMcNicol, trustee of the Tasman Btates that he has l>een tisb communication with the aviatonj, during the week-end, but he has »rtateoent to make beyond the fact "tthehasan assurance from Mr Coates JtoHhe arrangements made with the w Zealand Government for the flight •twdgood. STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE. .SUITABILITY OF MACHINE. Jjt (nilt ASSOCUTIOjt' TILXGBAM.)

.DANNEVIRKE, Docember 31. « A. McNicol, a trustee of the TasfcflMght Fund, states that he has *Med, through the courtesy of Mr W*, a cabled memo, from Mr Bruce ttth&ia the latter stated that AustraWuHjperts recommended, after .an enquiry, that the flight {SJKMt De attempted, save in a fly?«»»t<or a machine of the araphi'fejwuee states that his Governtake no steps to prohibit a PWpfliorised by the New Zealand TjNtoent. 'WMcNicol states that the proposed jfp IS not authorised by the New 2"Bio Government, but the first step ??,?? the trustees was to have an 3™"»-l>y. the authorities here that J BMhine afforded a sufficient margin Jjjtoy The backers fully apprecia--5W motives of the AustralianGovfH?« and had uo desire recklessly } ■ the lives of aviators. »«st step taken by the trustees the machine was to S§a w . assnr &nce from the New wKS? Buector of Air Services that Jjf?™>">ughly capable of the flight further delayed ordering ?5J~ lu tt until a cable was received 22nd from Mr Bruce SSivik ew Zealand Government the Australian GovernS^a. not P 1 " 0010 !* fli s hts h y aer °- not favourable to them, wyj""*! render everv assistance to by the New Zealand rtjjjp'fcnt with an authorised rnaWlnttf^i 11 left tnis countr >' equip- < WinJ+i, e necessarv papers reand the machine to r " Asfa£* Australian authorities. The »' 'feedS. G° Ver nment generouslj' .1 tf-fet, the aeroplane in free [ it was out of the l T^>S. S « months. * U^gS^ 11 *! states' that the positior, | Jitftofl?'* arisen throws the aviaI OWn and this I WtffcLl? T em in vie w of the assurI I fmffi*, n< Moncrieff that the test 1 ?^^i^7, ufactor . v and that he is 1 ? Dta,n Hoo < l for Sydney