FAST TRAVEL
BY SEA AND AIRSHIP.
COMPARATIVE COSTS.
(Received August 3, 2.30 p.m.)
LONDON, 2nd August.
Inquiries made by the special committee appointed by the Conference showed that the cost of providing a fleet of 25-knot steamers would be between twenty-seven and fifty millions. It was estimated that each ship would cost three millions, and the minimum number required to provide an adequate service between Britain and Australia was nine. Such fast steaming would reduce the journey by eleven days. An airship scheme, judged on a conservative estimate, would reduce the existing time by eighteen days. The committee estimatecf that an airship service could be established for the cost of a single 25----knot steamer. After a debate, the conference decided to leave the question unsettled, and to arrange for its reference to the Dominion Parliaments, which will be furnished with the latest available information, and will also be kept in touch with developments.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 29, 3 August 1921, Page 6
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