AIRSHIP SERVICES

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 12, 8 October 1921, Page 7

AIRSHIP SERVICES

PROPOSED IMPERIAL SCHEME NEGOTIATIONS STILL IN PROGRESS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, October 6. Mr. A. H. Ash bolt, Agent-General for Tasmania, interviewed by the Australian Prese Agency, stated that negotiations with the Government had been continued with reference to airships since the Imperial Conference. The matter had been taken up by himself and those associated with him at the point where it wae left by the Dominion Premiers. Satisfactory progress had been made. Whilst the negotiations are inevitably uiieoinpleted, pending the decisions of the Dominions'* Legislatures, the pioneering work has proceeded ° The loss of R3B had not deterred either the Government or the. promoters of the Imperial Air Service continuing in their efforts to establish a service on a practicable basis. Substantial advances were made as recently’' as last week, in anticipation of favourable replies from the Dominions. Mr. Hughes’s statement in Parliament was published opportunely. It was also gratifying io learn that it had been favourably received by Parliament. Sir James Connolly, Agent-General for West Australia, who was associated in the promotion of the Anglo-Australian aviation scheme, endorsed Mr. AshboJta remarks, and agreed with Mr. Hughes that the minimising of distance would popularise Australia in Europe,’and promote both trade and immigration auto-matically.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn SPAIN’S AERIAL SERVICES MAY LEAD THE WORLD. London, September 26. A message from Madrid states that, assisted 'by the German Zeppelin Company's engineers. Spain seems likely to lead the world in regular airship services. A scheme, which originated from the Trans-Atlantica Shipping Company, to supplement its service. from Cadiz to Buenos Aires, has been warmly supported by the King, the Government, and public opinion ns a factor in the aggrandisement of modern Spain. A commission recommends that two airships, larger than anything hitherto built, with a gross capacity of 180.000 cubic metres, should be built, and that terminal sites be selected. The work of building the airships will commence in the spring, and the service should start In .two years. It will follow tile steamship route, carrying mails to bo delivered within four days. "The Times.