OUT FOR CHRISTMAS
A QUICK JOURNEY
WORKERS CHARTER A PLANE
i (By ielegrapli—.Press Association.!
AUCKLAND, December 21
A Union. Airways I .ockhee'ct machine was chartered .today. by eight Public. Works-Department employees on Great Barrier Island to fly .them, to Auckland,' for Christmas. The journey, .which by steamer.takes six hours and a half, was completed in 25 minutes. The machine, piloted by Commander White, with Mr. A. N. Patterson. as-co-pilot, left the Mangere Aerodrome at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There were two women passengers who-are to spend a holiday on the island. The machine landed at 3.30 on the new aerodrome, no difficulty being experienced. The ; distance to the island by air is about 60 miles.
The return journey was accomplished in even faster time than the outward. With eight Public Works Department employees, a woman, and a boy as passengers, the machine left the island at 3.50 p.m., and reached Mangere at 4.15.
The men are engaged in the construction of an aerodrome and roads on the island, and had not visited Auckland for some months.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 16
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177OUT FOR CHRISTMAS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 150, 22 December 1938, Page 16
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