DUTCH EAST INDIES
AIR SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA. PASSENGERS AND MAILS. (United Press Association.) * (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY. May 6. (Received May 5, at 10 p.m.) Representatives of a Dutch company who arrived in Sydney announce that a' passenger and air mail service between the Dutch East Indies and Australia is commencing at the end of the year. The time occupied by Australian mails in reaching Britain and Europe will thus ho halved. Huge Eokker aeroplanes, which will cany a ton of mails and 12 passengers, will be used for the flight between Sourabaya and Darwin, which will occupy about five hours.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 9
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124DUTCH EAST INDIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 21018, 6 May 1930, Page 9
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