BRITAIN’S AIR MAILS.
SLOWNESS DEPRECATED.
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER. HARE AND TORTOISE RECALLED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Sept. 29. A Chamber of Commerce deputation to the Secretary of Air (Lord Londonderry), condemned the slowness and costliness of the air mails, and urged that no further contracts be made pending a full inquiry; Sir Geoffrey Clarke said the chamber strongly supported night flying, though it entailed the separation of passenger and mail services. The cruising speeds of British services were much too slow,for modern methods. Continuous flying and faster machines would enable transport to Calcutta in 3§ days, to Sydney in 74 days and to Wellington in 8* days, meanwhile mails should travel at least 2500 mbes daily. Flying and resting for 12 hours when trains and steamers travelled 24 was reminiscent of the hare and the tortoise.
Lord Londonderry agreed as to the desirability of improving the services but night flying scarcely was, he said, practicable at present. Certain sections were being speeded up. It was mainly a matter of expense.
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Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19065, 2 October 1933, Page 9
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172BRITAIN’S AIR MAILS. Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19065, 2 October 1933, Page 9
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