AIRSHIP MAILS
PREDICTION BY GENERAL BRANCKER BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA IN ABOUT TEN DAYS* - I Bi Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright. London, October 5. General Sir W. S. Branker, Director of Civil Aviation, was one of the speakers at a luncheon tendered to the Dominion delegates to the Imperial Conference by the Imperial Industries Qhib. Describing himself as “a fanatical believer in aviation,” he emphasised the importance of quick transit of mails, samples, bonds, and contracts, as greatly assisting tho Empire’s progress- He predicted that within two years airships twice as large as had ever been conceived would be travelling from Britain to India in ninetysix hours, and to Australia in 200 to 250 hours. —Sydney “Sun” Cable.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 11, 8 October 1923, Page 7
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