TAMAN AIR LINK

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23514, 31 May 1938, Page 11

TAMAN AIR LINK

NEW ZEALAND’S ATTITUDE

CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES RAISED REPLY TO MR SAVAGE’S DENIAL (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyrighi) SYDNEY, May 30. The Minister of Defence (Mr H. V. C. Thorby) stated that the attitude of the New Zealand Government to the proposed Tasman air mail service had made further negotiations with the British Government necessary. The service would probably not commence until the end of the year. s Mr Thorby was replying to a denial by the New Zealand Prime Minister (Mr M. J. Savage) that the New Zealand Government had raised difficulties in connection with the proposed Tasman service. He said that the New Zealand Government had raised certain points that did not come within the scope of the agreement reached at the conference held in Wellington last year. “I am not able to disclose what those points are,” Mr Thorby said, “ but the position now is not the same as it was when the conference took place in Wellington.” Mr Thorby added that the New Zealand Government had asked that the conference that he some weeks ago had announced would be held in Sydney to discuss details of the service should be held in New Zealand. The Federal Ministry believed that the conference should be held here, as representatives of both the Australian and British interests were in Sydney, and it would be more convenient for them to meet here than in New Zealand. No date had yet been fixed for this conference.