MAIL FROM HOME
DELIVERY BY AEROPLANE Bv —PrpsF Association CHRISTCHURCH. January 4. While the Duke of Gloucester is in the South Island, his mail from England will be taken from the port of arrival to wherever he is at the time by aeroplanes of the New Zealand Air Force. The first batch of mail is due on Monday bv the Monowai. which is bringing to the Dominion the third England-Australia air mail. FlightLieutenant M. W. Buckley, R.N.Z.A.F., will leave Wigram aerodrome to-mor-row to fly to Wellington. As soon as the Monowai arrives he will take the Duke’s letters and leave for Hokitika. A week or so later, when the next air mail reaches the Dominion, the Duke will probably be at the Hermitage, Mount Cook, and an Air Force aeroplane will take the letters to the nearest landing ground, probably Simons Pass station, near Lake Tekapo.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 19999, 5 January 1935, Page 7
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146MAIL FROM HOME Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 19999, 5 January 1935, Page 7
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