TASMAN AIR MAIL
FLANS FOR TRIF NEXT WEEK United Press Association—Bv Electrio Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, May 3. Mr J. Percival, who organised the Royal Jubilee air mail and freight flight to New Zealand by the monoplanes “Southern Cross” and “Faith in Australia,” announces that both machines will leave Richmond aerodrome for New Plymouth at about 3 a.m. on May 14. The official mail-bag aboard the “Southern Cross” will convey greetings from the Governor-Genera! to the Governor-General of the Dominion. It is expected that there will be a record mail from New Zealand on the return flight, which will constitute the first through air mail to London, regarding which the Sydney postal authorities issued a special poster yesterday.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20103, 9 May 1935, Page 9
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116TASMAN AIR MAIL Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20103, 9 May 1935, Page 9
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