THE OCEAN SURVEY
PROGRESS OF FLYING BOAT t ARRIVAL AT COCOS ISLAND ; I j COCOS ISLAND, June 7. (Received June 7, at 11.55 p.m.) The| Cuba arrived at 7.25 a.m. (G.M.T.). The Commonwealth correspondent aboard the Guba says:— “ We left Batavia at 10.30 p.m, for Coco?, via Christmas Island, which was surveyed as a possible base for flying boats. We then proceeded to Cocos, where we arrived at 7.25 a.m. Christmas Island is 225 nautical miles from Java Head, and from Christmas to Cocos is 525 nautical mileis.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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88THE OCEAN SURVEY Otago Daily Times, Issue 23829, 8 June 1939, Page 11
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