TRAVEL BY AIR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21144, 30 September 1930, Page 10

TRAVEL BY AIR.

PROPOSED DOMINION SERVICE. GOVERNMENT CHARGED WITH APATHY. (Special to Daily Times.) AUCKLAND, September 29. Apathy on the part of the Government is cheeking the advance of commercial aviation in New Zealand, according to Auckland business men who are interested in the formation of National Airways, Ltd., a company which proposes to organise regular passenger services by air throughout the Dominion. The promoters do not feel disposed to proceed with the scheme unless Government assistance is available in the form of a mail subsidy. One man interested in the proposed company said that the promoters had received a communication from the Post-master-general (Mr J. B. Donald) dealing with the projected issue of an air mail stamp. , However, the communication was very guarded, and nothing was said about the granting of a subsidy. If this were available the company could start operations almost immediately. , Large passenger aeroplanes would be obtained from a prominent English firm, which had signified its intention of acquiring a considerable holding of shares in the company only if a mail subsidy were granted. Those interested in the promotion of the company have already taken steps to map out air routes in the Dominibn It is proposed-to run regular passenger services with aeroplanes accommodating 10 passengers between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, while smaller five-passenger aeroplanes would be used for subsidiary services connecting the various provincial towns with the main centres. Without Government as-" sistance, however, nothing will be done.