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COVERED 30,000 MILES. SURVEY OF route; SERVICES TO START SOON. (United Press Association—By Electric .Telegraph—Copyright.) .. (British Official Wireless.) .> Received February 24, 10.35 a.m. RUGBY, Feb. 23. Several hours earlier than; expected, the flying-boat Centaurus reached Southampton to-day on her return from New Zealand. Since the flyingboat left Southampton on December 3 she has flown 30,000 miles to survey the route for the regular flying-boat services between Southampton and Sydney, which are to start early this summer, and for the extended air mail route from Sydney to Auckland, which is expected to be established a year later.,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 74, 24 February 1938, Page 9
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