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Aeroplane Chartered To Catch Mail AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, September 15. An expensive letter was dispatched from Auckland to-day to catch the Australian mail which left Wellington by the Maunganui in the afternoon, a legal firm chartering' one of the Auckland Aero Club’s machines to carry the letter to Wellington. Piloted by Mr. W. J. Sexton, the aeroplane left Auckland at 10.40 a.m. and arrived in Wellington at 1.40 p.m., leaving ample time for the letter to be posted on the . Maunganui, which sailed at 3 o'clock. The return journey was accomplished in three hours and a quarter.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 301, 16 September 1936, Page 10
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103EXPENSIVE LETTER Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 301, 16 September 1936, Page 10
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