HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
BARRIER ISLAND WORKERS AEROPLANE SPECIALLY CHARTERED (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Dec. 21. A Union Airways Lockheed machine was chartered to-day by eight Public Works Department employees on the Great Barrier Island to fly them to Auckland for Christmas. The journey, which by steamer takes six and a-half hours, was completed in 25 minutes. The machine, piloted by Commander White, with Mr A. N. Patterson as copilot, left Mangere Aerodrome at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and there were two women passengers, who are to spend a holiday on the island. The machine landed at 3.30 on the new aerodrome, no difficulty being experienced. The distance to the island by air is about 60 miles. The return journey was accomplished in even faster time than the outward journey. With eight Public Works employees, a woman and a boy as passengers, the machine left the island at 3.50 and reached Mangere at 4.15.
The men are engaged in the construction of the aerodrome and roads on the island, and had not visited Auckland for some months.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23689, 22 December 1938, Page 8
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