AOTEAROA IN SYDNEY
ARRIVAL PROM ENGLAND TASMAN CROSSING TO-DAY (Reed. Aug. 28, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 27. The flying-boat Aotearoa, -which was built (for the Tasman service, arrived at 3.5 o’clock on Saturday afternoon firom England. The Aotearoa took off for Auckland at 5 a.m. to-day. The flight is expected to take nine hours. The Aotearoa has a range of 2000 miles. Captain Burgess carries a letter from .the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Mair, to the acting Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Hon. P. Fraser.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20027, 28 August 1939, Page 4
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