TRANSPORT BY AIR.
EMPIRE-WIDE SYSTEM. BRITISH MINISTER'S PREDICTION, [FROM . OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. July S. Lord Thomson, Secretary for Air, pre* dieted an Empire-wide air transport system when ho spoke at the Colonial Officfl Conference this week. Such a, system, ho said, should be all-British, the routei manned and maintained by British airmen and mechanics and . equipped by th® British aircraft industry. This, he was convinced, led the way as regards engines and other material. , At first they must confine themselves to the main trunk routes, such as from Croydon to Egypt, and thence east to India and southwards from Cairo to the Cape. Local airways would be used to feed th# main trunk system, and that was whera the colonies could help. They would increase the volume of traffic for the main trunk lines and,; thus contribute toward the self-supporting air service. Colonial Governments had a great responsibility, said Lord Thomson, in helping to maintain sound aerial communications, in order that with our present Air: Force we cculd ensure the air defence of the Empire. >
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20643, 15 August 1930, Page 8
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