EMPIRE AIRWAYS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20442, 12 June 1936, Page 11

EMPIRE AIRWAYS

ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN SERVICE United Press Association—By uUacitia Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, June 10. "The Sydney Morning Herald" hays: The British Government has definitely decided that the flying boat service between London and Sydney will be Inaugurated as soon as the new and fast boats now being built are avail-’ able. This, it is anticipated, will be within a year from now. The service contemplates sending all first-class mail matter between London and Sydney at Ud per half ounce, without surcharge. Whether Australian letters to London will be at the rate of 2d per halfounce or at a surcharge of 4d per halfounce, has yet to be decided by the Commonwealth Government. At the outset there will be two flying boat services weekly between London and Sydney. It is, however, anticipated that within a year of the commencement of tlrat service, it will be necessary not only to place lai ger boats on the route, but to inert ase the capacity of the boats being used. The direct service from London to Sydney contemplated wil! be innependent of the flying boat services between London and Calcutta. The British Government proposes a twice weekly service between London and Sydney, with an extension as soon as practicable to New Zealand. The British Government promised to contribute one-half of the cost of the Sydney-New Zealand service, leaving the balance to be defrayed by the Governments of the Commonwealth and New Zealand.