MAILS BY AEROPLANE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 2

MAILS BY AEROPLANE.

SIR JOSEPH WARD'S SCHEME.

An aerial mail service Zealand is "a matter which 'Sir. Joseph Ward -.has, ; had junder consideration; rduring his recent'visit to England- piscussing his proposals at Auckland '>% he ■said.' that.,*', General .has charge. oJ^'the-air branch of _the British War Department, was sending him _ a full report upon the points which would have to be. taken into consideration in establishing, such, a .service in this country;' ''it would' not be" possible to put. the scheme ' into operation until after, the. war. A large number of machines now being used in the, fighting would then become available.

The very, latest and most up-to-date aeroplanes would be essential for the proper carrving.oufc of- the scheme he had in mind. Furthermore, there were numerous preliminary steps which.-could not be undertaken durincr..,the continua-. tion of the war. Landing places for the. machines engaged in the aerial mail service .must., be allocatedand laid out, a'nid for -this, purpose, comparatively short stretches' of iey'q".';. ground would r be requisite, The whp.le. of the . preliminaries - must "be carrieid, Qut by specialists, and" wouldt probably ; occupy •from six to twelve : /months. .Meantime all that could be' done .was to gather as much useful information .' ag. possible. Reports., maps', and suggestions, for the guidance of the New" Zealand Government were being prepared at Home by M r Handley Page, the well-known' British manufacturer of .'aeroplanes. The. information and' data being prepared would therefore be" "from most reliable and experienced sources.