AIR TRANSPORT

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 61, 14 March 1939, Page 4

AIR TRANSPORT

CANADIAN MINING

Much of the mining in northern Canada could not be carried on without the aid of air transport, stated Mr. R. B. Beaumont, a Montreal barrister, who arrived at Wellington by the Wanganella today. The recent visit of the/British Air Mission to Canada had excited a great deal of interest, he said, because Canada was developing air transport very rapidly. All main traffic routes in Canada were well served by air transport, and other subsidiary routes were beingopened up. One of the most interesting air services in Canada was the transport service into the far north which had been operating for several years without any serious hitch, he said. Many of the valuable mining areas ; including radium mining, could not be operated successfully without the aid of air transport. Mining machinery and supplies were flown from Edmonton, Alberta, into the north, and a fairly extensfve service had been built up. Canada had great potentialities for water machines as there were numerous lakes throughout the northern territory, and some were of great size. Mr. Beaumont left Canada early in January and came to New Zealand via the Mediterranean and Australia. He intends to spend a week here before sailing from Auckland for Vancouver.