TRUNK AIR SERVICE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 93, 14 January 1936, Page 5

TRUNK AIR SERVICE

Record Crowd Expected at

Milson

OPENING CEREMONY

Dominion Special Service

I’almersfon North, January 13

A crowd of between 8000 ami 10.000 is expected at: Milsoil Aerodrome next Wednesday afternoon on the occasion of the oflieial opening of Union Airways’ trunk service by the Postmaster-General (Hon. F. Jones). Parking accommodation is being provided for 3000 cars at the eastern end of the aerodrome from Setter's Line, which will be the only access for car traffic. Cars will proceed via Featherstone Street. Vogel Street, Boundary Road and Setter's Line (one way only).

The programme being arranged by the Manawatu Aero Club, with the co-opera-tion of tile Now Zealand Air Force and leading professional pilots and parachutists, will include an exhibition of aircraft manoeuvres directed by radio from the ground and an aerial duel carried out by Flight Lieutenant D. M. Allan, of Auckland, and Flying Officer G. M. Firth. Dual parachute demonstrations will be given by Pilot Officer Fraser and Captain Sellars.

About 160 invitations have been issued for the official luncheon, representatives of local bodies, leading citizens and representatives of Union Airways Ltd. having been invited. The toast of “the Parliament of New Zealand” will be proposed by Mr. J. A, Nash and responded to by the Hon. F. Jones, PostmasterGeneral. Mr. D. F. Smillie, president of Milson Aerodrome Ltd., will propose the toast of ‘‘Union Airways of New Zealand Ltd.,” to which Mr, N. S. Falla, chairman of directors of Union Airways, will reply. The concluding toast will be “the city of Palmerston North and the county of Kairanga." proposed by Mr. J. Linklater, and responded to by the Mayor (Mr. A. E. Mansford) and Mr. D. Collis, chairman of the Kairanga County Council.

The weather in Central Hawke’s Bay reinains most unsettled with frequent rain. Shearing operations have been greatly delayed, while harvesting is also suffering from the phenomenally wet summer. Not for fifty years has there been such a number of wet days as has been the ease this year. Feed is too long and much foot-rot is, in evidence as a result among slock.