NEW TASMAN AIR LINK: EARLY ARRANGEMENT LIKELY
WELLINGTON, This Day (O.C.)— “The news from Canberra that the Australian Government has given approval for the designation of Melbourne as an international airport is a considerable step along the road towards the establishment of a South Island-Australian air service,” said the Prime Minister (Mr Holland) last evening. “One of the several difficulties in connection with this service was that hitherto Melbourne was not so classified.” “The announcement by Mr T. W. White (the Australian Minister of Civil Aviation) that the Australian Government was considering negotiations for a service shows how quickly things have travelled since we announced our decision to work towards the establishment of one,” Mr Holland said. According to the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Federal Minister of Civil Aviation (Mr T. W. White) indicated in Canberra yesterday afternoon, that an agreement for a new trans-Tasman air service would be concluded soon. The service should run from Melbourne to the South Island.
The agreement is regarded as a logical conclusion to the declaration of Essendon airport, Melbourne, as an international airport,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 February 1950, Page 3
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