TRAVEL BY AIR
INCREASING POPULARITY COOK STRAIT COMPANY'S STATISTICS (Per Unite!) Pbess association) NELSON, Dec; 17. The increasing popularity of air travel is shown in the statistics prepared by Cook Strait Airways. On the Nelson-Blenheim-Wellingtbn service for the: ■• 1 1 months "to iNovembe;: 30, the number of passengers carried was 20,829, compared with 18,372 for the same period- the previous year. Freight carried increased to 54,8971 b from 28,0851 b. On the bookings already made for December 24, Cook Strait Airways will cross Cook Strait 42 times during'the day. The West Coast service to Hokitika, which is run three days a week only, shows an even greater proportional increase. [ \ —i ' - " ; ■ .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23686, 19 December 1938, Page 5
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110TRAVEL BY AIR Otago Daily Times, Issue 23686, 19 December 1938, Page 5
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