AVIATION IN MALAYA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20105, 26 March 1928, Page 8

AVIATION IN MALAYA

LINK WITH AUSTRALIA CO OPERATION WITH DUTCH. LONDON, March 19. Aeronautical experts are giving at--1 ution tea speech of the Governor of ’he Settlements, Sir Hugh Cliforj, in Singapore, urging an unofficial support of Malayan aviation. He explains that he refers to an air sur- , ey company’s proposal to establish a -.ally airline from Penang to Singapoie, an,4 a weekly extension to Batavia. in 1929, with the co-operation of 'a Dutch line, which is starting in September. ! The Air Ministry approved of the technical side of the scheme, and the (Colonial Office sanctioned subsidies [from local Governments. ! Meanwhile, Malayan commercial and shipping interests largely support the E*heme. The importance of the airline as an essential link in AngloAustralian air mails is emphasised. Holland, is as anxious to establish air Iroutes to her colonies as Britain is to F?e the Australian route running. It is desirable that British and Dutch (services should grow simultaneously to I get the full benefit from them. This (cannot be realised until the Calcutta.’Rangoon link is established, but the nail from Singapore has been eonsijdo aldv speeded up in the meantime.