TASMAN SERVICE
LINK BY FLYING-BOAT. DELAY FOR TWO YEARS. AUSTRALIAN STATEMENT. (United Press Association—By Electric Teelgraph.-—Copyright.) Received February 24, 12 noon. . ; '■ MELBOURNE, Feb. 24. Following statements by New Zealand commercial pilots that there jvould be no possibility of a transTasman flying-boat service within two years, the Minister of. Defence (Mr H. K.-Thorby) admitted that the new boats designed for the service might not be ready before 1939. There would' "be no services until these were ready. . There was no possibility of the Government co-operating with New Zealand to establish a temporary landplane service.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 74, 24 February 1938, Page 9
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93TASMAN SERVICE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 74, 24 February 1938, Page 9
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