AIR SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA
Statement Expected Shortly MINISTERS TALK WITH MR RUDDER (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 18. Discussions on the projected transTasman air service took place in Wellington today between Ministers of the Crown and Mr A. E. Rudder, personal representative in Australia of Imperial Airways and a director of Qantas Empire Airways. In an interview this evening the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) said the discussions in the morning with Mr Rudder had been attended by the Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Nash), the Minister of Marine (the Hon. P. Fraser) and himself. They had been continued in the afternoon between Mr Rudder and Mr Nash. “I hope to be able to make an announcement shortly regarding the establishment of an air service across the Tasman,” said Mr Savage. Mr Rudder returned to Sydney by the Awatea. which sailed from Wellington tonight.
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Southland Times, Issue 23512, 19 May 1938, Page 6
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148AIR SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA Southland Times, Issue 23512, 19 May 1938, Page 6
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