Extra flight to islands
A special flight will leave Wellington for the Chatham Islands on December 17 with accommodation for 20 passengers.
Mr T. M. McGuigan, the member of Parliament for Lyttelton, said last evening that because of the backlog of persons waiting for transport to the islands, he had made representations to the Department of Internal Affairs for a flight to take passengers on a waiting list, because all flights were overbooked until December 28.
He had been advised yesterday of the flight on December 17, which, he said, would relieve a situation that was becoming critical for adults and for children returning to the islands for the school holidays.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32777, 30 November 1971, Page 1
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