ADDITIONAL AIR SERVICES

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26394, 12 April 1951, Page 6

ADDITIONAL AIR SERVICES

Chartered Planes For Australia

EXTRA INLAND TRIPS

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 11. Tasman Empire Airways to-day announced that a DC.6 (Skymaster) aircraft had been chartered from British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines to assist in moving the Monowai’s passengers stranded in New Zealand. The DC.6 will leave Auckland next Tuesday, anu a Solent will make a special flight from Auckland on Sunday. Mr G. N. Roberts, toe general manager of the company, said it was hoped to charter more aircraft and run more special Solent flights. Some passengers desiring to join United Kingdom-bound ships in Australia left Whenuapai on Monday. Others will leave to-morrow and next Monday, When toe Monowai’s original sailing date was altered last week, 58 intending passengers, including the New Zealand bowling party to tour the United Kingdom, were placed in the urgent category. The cancellation of toe ship’s trans-Tasman schedule involved the preparation of a further priority list. Passengers on fols list will be among those flown to Sydney to-morrow and on Monday and on further charter flights which may be arranged. The National Airways Corporation has placed extra aircraft on both the Christchurch and Nelson services, and will be bringing on more, An official said that toe demand was not tremendous, as the Hinemoa sailing in daylight was carrying more passengers than usual, but the office was having an extremely busy time. Two extra flights betweeh Christchurch and Wellington have been provided for each night this week. The corporation says it will help Nelson passengers as soon as possible by placing additional Lodestars on the service to meet the demands caused by the withdrawal of the Hgaio.

DELAYS TO MAIL

PERISHABLE PARCELS NOT ACCEPTED . LITTLE HOLD UP TO LETTERS (Naw Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 11. The Post Office to-day stopped accepting perishable parcels and express transit or fragile traffic for transit between the North and South Islands. Ordinary parcels will still be accepted, but considerable delay i* unavoidable. A spokesman said that mails were being moved as fest as possible. Letter mails were not delayed a great deal, but second-class mail, which included parcels, was subject to great and increasing delays. The amount of mail that could be loaded into toe Hinemoa on her threeday service was limited, and there had been an accumulation of mail at each end. Every opportunity was being taken to dispatch mail.

GOODS NEEDED URGENTLY

ROAD TRANSPORT ON LONG DISTANCES

From oar Own Reporter

WELLINGTON. April 11. Following th» drastic curtailment of rail services in toe South island, road transport operators in Canterbury may fee used increasingly for long-distahce haulage. A similar procedure has been followed for spme time In too North Island, where convoys of motor-trucks have been ■ employed in carrying and Hawkes Bay, ana Wellington and Taranaki. Emergency transport ppoh have not yet been formed In South island cities, but It was stated this evening that if merchants, farmers or other lousiness concerns were in urgent nped of supplies which could not be handled by the railways they could approach a carrier to do the work. He could apply lor a temporary licence to work outside the zone for which he was ordinarily licensed.

HOSPITAL STOCKS LOW

PLASTER OF PARIS AND X RAY FILM (New Zealand Press Association) WELWNGTON, April IL Important surgical and medical supplies are running low at the Wellington Hospital because of the waterfront dispute, This was stated by toe superintendent of toe hospital (Dr. Richard Durand) this evening. "The shortages are a grave cause of concern,’* said Dr, Durand. "Stocks of plaster of parts are very low, and there is less than a week’s supply ef film for X-raying chests.”

Dr. Durand said that the Auckland Hospital was almost out of platter of Paris and had asked the Wellington Hospital to lend supplies. This nad not been possible. Another substance very important in treating tuberculosis was also nearly oqt of stock, Dr. Durand said.

TERRITORIAL TRAINING

ENTRY INTO CAMP POSTPONED

(New Zealand Preu 4*soctat<on) The Macdonald) announced to-day that because regular soldiers. Including instructors and toe staffs from district training camps, are working on too wharves, the Army’s third intake of territorial recruits who were due to begin their training on May 8. will not now go into camp until June 5. Mr Macdonald said the Army was required to give 14 days’ notice to recruits to enter camp, and toe total time required to domplete administrative arrangements beff e each intake began its training was three to four weeks. The. Minister also said that because of this postponement and the extra work faning on regular soldiers as a result of too. waterfront situewon, it had been decided to redye? toe whole time training of toe third Intake from 14 weeks to 10 weeks.

INSULTS PAINTED ON MAN’S HOME

(New Zealand Pres* Annotation) WELLINGTON, April 11. A Petone house occupied by g staff member of a freezing works company was defaced last night Insulting epithets were painted In red in foot-high letters on the front of the house, the front fence and the gates. The attempt at intimidation was misdirected. The owner of the house is not a member of any union on strike, but a elerk with long service with the company. The Petone Police pre investigating. It is stated that there have been other attempts to intimidate er annoy the opcupanto of the heuaa.