ALL-BRITISH AIR ROUTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14846, 25 February 1919, Page 5

ALL-BRITISH AIR ROUTES.

EARLY ORGANISATION ADVISED. TRIBUTE TO OUR FLYIN£ MEN. (Australian and N.Z. C^tite Association) (Received Fell.* 25,' 11.6 a.m.) LQND/)N, Feb. 24. Speaking at a luncheon at the Australia andl New Zealand Club, General Sykes, the principal guest, paid a tribute to the splendid work of the Australia Flying Corps in Egypt, . Palestine, and France. Three squadrons in France accounted ior four hundred enemy aero, planes.. The New Zealanders' air record was no less remarkable. ; It _ was, he said, essential for separate r portions of the I_mph*_, '.'' to bmiaf and ■ weld together commercial aerial' organisations, able to protect themselves and render immediate' mutual assistance if -danger, arises. The advantages from a chain of British possessions throughout the world must bo utilised for fuel and repair bases and^ meteorological wireless stations. Preparations must be made for the dhy when all-British air routes will play a great part in the maintenance of the Empire's commercial esistr ence. Undoubtedly aviation "has a great future in Australia and' New Zealand. "Aerial transport in the early stages would- be expensive," he Baid, "but you must pay fpr speed. The International Aerial Convention at Paris, J which received much help from the Empire representatives, dijafted a scheme for the organisation pf -mail and' trade route services, and 'lnternational lines for the peace conference's approval, and » comprehensive system of aerial communications should, be* rapidly established."