ROUND NEW ZEALAND
TRAVELLER TAKING THE AIR
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
WANGANUI, This Day,
What is thought to be the first flight round New Zealand by regular commercial air services alone will be made soon by a Wanganui man. Leaving Palmerston North he will fly via Napier, Gisborne, and the Bay of Plenty to Auckland. Thence he will proceed via New Plymouth .and Palmerston North to Wellington. From Wellington he will. fly via . Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth. to South Westland, whence, after staying a few days, he will go by air to Dunedin, with calls at Christchurch, Blenheim, and WeHhigton. He will return by air to Palmerston North.
Two thousand miles will be.covered in less than a score of hours of actual travelling time, ana the traveller will save not only, time but also money through going by air.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 49, 26 August 1939, Page 11
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