NEW AIR SERVICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25215, 30 May 1945, Page 8

NEW AIR SERVICE

STARTING THIS WEEK ; I ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA | (Special Correspondent) LONDON, May 28 ! The new air service to Australia from I England is to start this week, probably 1 on Thursday. Lancastrian aircraftLancaster bombers adapted for civil! flying — ar e to fly once a week from an airport in South-west England to Sydney. It is expected that they will arrive in Sydney in 67 hours. The route will I be by _ wav of Lvdda, Palestine, | Karachi, India, and Ceylon. The names of the airfields between : Ceylon and Sydney are censored. Crews of the British Overseas Air- j ways Corporation will fly the Laneas-! trians to Karachi, where Qantas crews will take over. Six passengers will be carried and a quantity of freight, but no mail. It is emphasised that this will be a wartime service to meet the needs of the Far Eastern theatre of war. Another s'ervice is now being run to Australia, flying-boats going as far as Karachi, from where passengers, freight and mails are carried on in Qantas aircraft. The new Lancastrian service is expected to link up with the transtasman service. DOMINION AS MODEL LIKELY SYDNEY DELEGATION SYDNEY, May '29 The Sydney City Council may send a delegation to New Zealand to study the Dominion's State, housing scheme and other activities. The Works Committee of the council has decided to recommend that a delegation of throe to five aldermen, with officers, should be sent. Alderman O'Dea (Labour), who made the proposal, said New Zealand was the only country in the Empire which had dealt with housing problems during the war. Wellington, ne said, also had a municipal milk distribution system which was better than any in Australia. New Zealand also had done big things in traffic problems, which were in some respects similar to Sydney's. Svdnev might learn much from New Zealand's methods in the co-ordination of municipal services. AIR TRAINING CORPS FOUR OFFICERS RESIGN (0.c.) HAMILTON, Tuesday Four officers of the headquarters of No. 7 Squadron of the Air Training Corps stationed at Hamilton have resigned from the corps after over three years' service. They are Flight-Lieuten-nnt Roy Kemp, \\!o hi. commanded the unit from its inception in November, 1941, and Flying-Officers H. E. Pike, J. Marks and R. J. Tucker. FlyingOfficer P. Hunter is the sole remaining "Hirer with the unit and he has assumed command of the squadron. The strength of the unit has been 250 cadets since its inception and since 1941 approximately 200 have joined the It.N.Z.A.F. Half of that number have trained as air crew and nine of these ex-cadets have been killed on active service. FORESTRY SCHEMES LAND PURCHASED IN NORTH (0.C.) WHANGAREI, Tuesday The State Forest Service has recently completed the purchase of two properties in the Whangarei district for reafforestation and negotiations are proceeding for the acquisition of further properties. One property of over 2000 acres is at Kiripaka, while the other, of about 900 acres, is between Kauri and Hikurangi, but running back almost to join "the Kiripaka property. Native trees will be planted in the damp places and sheltered valleys. This is in conformity with the programme of the Forest Service to plant native trees where conditions are suitable and to assist in the regeneration of the native bush over large areas that havo been purchased recently in many parts of New Zealand.