TRANSA-TLANTIC AIR RACE

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1937, Page 7

TRANSA-TLANTIC AIR RACE

NOT TO BE HELD

U.S.A. FEARS ACCIDENTS

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(Recd. April 17, 11 a.m.) PARIS, April 16.

The Minister of Air (M. Cot) informed the Aero Club of France that the international New York to Paris air race had been abandoned owing to United States opposition. America urged the postponement on the grounds that any accidents would create a bad impression on the eve of the opening of the trans-Atlantic commercial services.

U.S.A. PLANES.

WASHINGTON, April 16.

President Gorrell of the' Air Transport Association of America, informed the Congressional Air Postal Committee that he has aeroplanes of 40 tons on order, carrying 125 passengers. They will be twice tho size of the present largest. AUSTRALIAN STATES. (Received April 17, Noon.) ~, * .; MELBOURNE, Api’il.l7.. Representatives of the States at the Aviation Conference agreed to introduce legislation to provide that the Commonwealth regulations shall apply to the jurisdiction of the respective States. The States, however, will retain their right to make their own transport regulation lav’s, and establish State-ow'ried air services.

CORONER’S COMMENT.

BRISBANE, April 17.

The need for improved - flying methods was suggested by' the Coroner, closing the inquest into the deaths of five persons in the Stinson airliner crash (February 19). He said there was pressing need for a .better scheme of ground organisation, centralised control, and supervision of pilots and their duties. The Coroner’s Act does not empower the coroner to make any findings. WEST COAST SERVICE. The Cook Strait Airways are. disappointed with the small amount of business offering so far for the West Coast service, Mr E. I-I. Thompson, Managing Director of the Company, stated at Greymouth yesterday. The directors, he said, were faced with considering either an alteration! in the service days or a reduction in the number of flights, or even a discontinuance of the service until the. Westport aerodrome was available. The Nelson-Blenheim-Wellington service was very busy and the ’plane and pilot at present on the West Coast service could be utilised much more advantageously to the Company on that route, unless there was an improvement on the West. Coast. Apart from the poor support accorded by the travelling public, the air mail and freight service to the West Coast had not been availed of, and the amount of mails and parcels carried was surprisingly low, compared with' other air mail routes in the Dominion.