TASMAN AIRWAYS
Registration Of Company CAPITAL OF £500,000 Tasman. Empire Airways, Limited, has been registered. The head office of the company is in Wellington. The capital is £500,000. The subscribers are Union Airways of New Zealand, Ltd., 39 per cent., as representing New Zealand; British Overseas Airways Corporation of Great Britain, 38 per cent., as representing the United Kingdom; Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., 23 per cent., as representing Australia. The objects of Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., are to conduct and maintain air services between New Zealand (Auckland) and Australia (Sydney). The service will begin on Tuesday. Among the first passengers to Australia by the new service will be Mr. A. E. Rudder, Mr. Hudson Fysh, Captain Johnson (Australia), and Mr. C. G. White (Wellington). At the first meeting of the board of Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., held in Wellington, Colonel N. S. Falla was elected chairman and Mr. A. E. Rudder was elected vice-chairman. Union Airways of New Zealand, Ltd., are the managing agents in New Zealand for the company, and Qantas Empire Airways are the principal agents in Australia.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 182, 29 April 1940, Page 8
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180TASMAN AIRWAYS Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 182, 29 April 1940, Page 8
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