The enormous increase in Ihe amount of mail carried by Air Travel (N.Z.), Limited, was reported by llie directors at the annual meeting in Hokitika to have been a serious drag on profits. The company operates under a subsidy, which was fixed on the . assumption that mails would amount only to a few hundreds of pounds a month. The use of llie service by South Westland residents has grown to such an extent that many hundreds of pounds of mail must lie carried on each trip, and frequently special trips must be made with mails alone, as there is no room for passengers or freight,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19106, 29 August 1936, Page 14
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