DOMINION'S FIRST REGULAR AIR MAIL. —These two pictures were taken in Christchurch, when the first regular inter-island air mail service was inaugurated. In the top picture Mr. J. J. Dunne, assistant postmaster at Christchurch, is seen handing the mail to the pilot, while standing next to the. pilot is Mr. C. G. Tasker, Superintendent of Mails. Below is the Union airliner Korimako waiting to take off with the first air mail for the North Island.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 5
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75DOMINION'S FIRST REGULAR AIR MAIL.—These two pictures were taken in Christchurch, when the first regular inter-island air mail service was inaugurated. In the top picture Mr. J. J. Dunne, assistant postmaster at Christchurch, is seen handing the mail to the pilot, while standing next to the. pilot is Mr. C. G. Tasker, Superintendent of Mails. Below is the Union airliner Korimako waiting to take off with the first air mail for the North Island. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 18 March 1936, Page 5
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