OUT OF THE BLUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20620, 19 July 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

OUT OF THE BLUE.

The London Postal Service lias applied for the consent of tho Westminster City Council to the erection of special pillar letter-boxes, painted blue, for air mail correspondence. The Auckland city council has under consideration the establishment of a commercial air port for Auckland, and has convened a conference, of local authorities to discuss Iho question al the Town llall, on ./illy 30. As a result of tho recent Naval Conference and Great, Britain's decision not to replaco battleships, the completion of a battleship base at Singapore may now become unnecessary. It is suggested, instead, that, the base be turned into a depot for airships and seaplanes as part of the scheme for inter-Empire communications. " Why do you travel by air?" was the question put by the American Air Transport Association to 568 air travellers flying between Boston and New York. The majority were found to bo Hying for business purposes and to save time. More than one-third, howevei, flew to attend tho theatre in one of tho other cities, or merely for the enjoyment of the flight. Tho full results of the survey arc as follows Time-saving, 136; business appointments, 117; preference for air travel, 103; for the "joy ride," 146; visiting friends, 30; theatre "or social, 23; touring, 12. ■