TASMAN AIR SERVICE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 63, 14 February 1939, Page 8

TASMAN AIR SERVICE

RADIO FACILITIES. TO BE READY BY JUNE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Fob. 14. Outlining the proposals agreed to hy the Australian and New Zealand Governments for the establishment of adequate radio and meteorological aids to the trans-Tasman air mail service, as recommended by the conference held in Melbourne at the end of last year, the Postmaster-General (Hon. F. Jones) said to-day that major six-hour-ly synoptic Australian weather reports would he broadcast through the Royal Australian Navv station at Ca.nberra when it was ready for operation, and in the meantime from the Royal Australian Air Force station at Point Cook. New Zealand synoptic reports would be broadcast through the Post and Telegraph radio station at Wellington, and synoptic reports. forecasts, and advices applying particularly to the Tasman service would be exchanged bv the point-to-point terminal radio stations to ho established at Sydney and Auckland. Point-to-point radio facilities would he provided between Svdney and Auckland. Sydney and Lord Howe Island, and Auckland and Awarua. Aircraft radio communication facilities would be provided at Sydney. Lord Howe Island, and Auckland, and radio navigation facilities at Sydney, Lord Howe Island, Auckland, and Awarua. Approval had been given for the installation of a special transmitter at Wellington, to be in operation early in March. Mr Jones said an up-to-date terminal radio centre was being established at East Tamaki, in the Haurn.ki Gulf, to be known as the Mtisick Memorial Station. East Tamaki Hoad would in future be known as Mnsiek Point. A correlated direction-finding service would be provided between Auckland and Awarua by the installation of facilities at Awarua. The general work of installation would be prosecuted with tlie minimum of delay to ensure that all the facilities would be available by next June.