The Hawera Star. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925. WORLD AIR ROUTES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 11 June 1925, Page 4

The Hawera Star.

THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925. WORLD AIR ROUTES.

Delivered every evening by 5 o’clock -u Hawern, Manaia Normanby, Okaiawa, Elthain, Alangatoki, Kaponga, Alton, Hurleyvillc, Patea, VVuverley, Mokoia, VVbakamaru, Ohanyai. Alcremere, Fraaer lload, an Ararata

Flights from Europe to Australia are nob yet of weekly occurrence, but it is •significant of the advance made in long-distance aviation t-hait the arrival on the north-west coast of Australia of Major de P'inedo, chief of the Italian Air Service, has attratced m littlo attention. Yet the .Italian officer has down the ten thousand odd miles from Rtamc in' less than forty days, and his machine has suffered only one minor mishap in the whole journey. His success suggests that trans-oceanic Hying—if the island-strewn route from Asia to Australia can be called. an ocean —i.s rapidly passing beyond the experimental stage, and it lends weight to the announcement in to-day’s cables by Sir Sefton, Brancker (Director of Civil Aviation in Britain) that- it is proposed to establish an airship service between London, Egypt, India, and possibly Australia, within five years. Mo airship has yet made the journey to Australia. —>Jtbs& Smith used an aeroplane and de Pinedo- came by flying boat —but the Atlantic lnu4 neon crossed by this, means. Anyway, although it is immaterial what type of craft shall inaugurate if, the day may be said now to he within sight when a fast air mail will link New Zealand. Australia- and Europe. Fremantle is now joined by air wife Broome, and the t.ranw-eontinental railway feeds Fremantle from the eastern States of Australia.. Major de Pineda has demonstrated the possibility of establishing a four or live days’ air service between Broome and Singapore. Thence the mails could he taken hv steamer across to Calcutta, and again by air overland to Port Said, which is only four days from London by sea and rail. At least the suggestion is no figment of a Jules Venn e i magi nation.