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NAPIER-TO-GISBORNE SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 8. Plans for a regular air service between Napier and Gisborne are nearing completion, according to Mr E. A. Robinson, organiser of the venture, who is leaving Wellington for Gisborne tomorrow in the hope of completing negotiations for the formation of a company. . The intention is to run one two-way journey in the morning, connecting with the Wellington express. If sufficient traffic is forthcoming, an afternoon service will also be run. The chief pilot, will be Captain J. StewartDick, late of the Royal-Air Force, a former pilot in the Cairo-Bagdad ai* mail. As the machine will have a cruising speed of 120 miles an hour, the journey between the two towns will be accrmpLshed in about three quarters of an hour.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19511, 9 June 1933, Page 6
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131NEW AIR MAIL Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19511, 9 June 1933, Page 6
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