NEW USE YOU 'PLANKS
■ WOOL '-BY^Alit:.'•.',', Dnlted Press /Association—isy : Electric .Tel»-;: '-, ■' '... erapn—Copyright, ;. ..; , ;v '^:.'; ■/•'•;' . '/. MELBOURNE, 21st December. ;; . Tlio transport of wool by aeroplane is now contemplated by Aerial Services, Limited;; who propose using an allmetal aeroplane- capable of lifting eight or ten. bales on a trip., , An estimate .of - cost is. being prepared. for ; a ' northern station owner, whose wool is at present transported by. camel teams, ..which occupy, weeks getting it, to the rail-head, whereas aeroplanes, ; would cover the journey in;.a, day. '..'The cost .would be about the same, namely, £30 a ton.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19281222.2.63
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 9
Word Count
93NEW USE YOU 'PLANKS Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in