Six Rotorua Carpenters Fly To And From Work

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27639, 21 April 1955, Page 12

Six Rotorua Carpenters Fly To And From Work

(New Zealand Press Association)

ROTORUA, April 20. Six Rotorua carpenters have had the unusual tut pleasant experience of being flown from the town almost on to the site of their work at Galatea in the last four working days. It has also proved an economical practice for their employer, Mr’ A. C. Crawford, who estimates that by saving travelling time he is having the job completed in half the usual time.

Mr Crawford had four men boarded for two months at Galatea while constructing a new classroom at the school, and they returned to their homes recently. As there was only finishing work to be done to complete the job, Mr Crawford decided to fly the men to Galatea, where the aerodrome is just opposite the job. The cost of flying the men in two aeroplanes is £lB, plus the travelling time amounting to 275. Road travel would cost £lO 16s in travelling time and £5 10s for the vehicle at Is a mile, a total of £l6 6s. Had Mr Crawford been able to engage an aircraft suitable for taking all h»\ n }, en to . the i° b . tb e cost would have been about £l6. The men leave Rotofua at 7 a m and ±E al f 530 the ‘rip taking a quarter of an hour each way 5 . * C °^ e °.?l of U better,” Mr Crawford said. The men are fresher and happier on the job than they would c rave Uing over the dusty rood for two hours morning and night ” All dj® earpenters enjoyed the novel method of going to work ...P"® m ?. re L flight t 0 and from the school will be necessary to finish the . P e selection of men for a country lob such as that at Galatea— it had oeen necessary to board four men at Murupara, seven miles from the school -Was naturally limited, said Mr Craw. f ? rd> e better men. usually mardid not like to be away from their homes all the week. With air on The £b W " ” ble ‘° ge ‘ bettcr men