Fraser Still Held Up Sn Sydney
SYDNEY, rue. (11 a.m.)—The departure for London of the Qantas Constellation plane by which the New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr Fraser) is booked as a passenger, has again been delayed until 10.30 o'clock tonight.
The plane was due to leave Mascot aerodrome. Sydney, on Saturday night, but the departure was successively postponed to Sunday and then to yesterday. In explanation of the further postponement, a Qantas spokesman said that the complete overhaul carried out to comply with the Civil Aviation Department’s certificate of airworthiness had delayed the departure. The plane is the fourth Constellation delayed in leaving Sydney in the last seven weeks.
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Northern Advocate, 5 October 1948, Page 5
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