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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 15, 1932 spirit of Ottawa. In the long run we feel sure that Australia and Great Britain alike will benefit by reserving their Empire air lines to British operation and British equipment. Air transport is going to be a very big business in the future, and all parts of the Empire should work together in its development. Whether it will prove better for Australia to operate the section Darwin- Singapore than it would have been to leave this to the wide experience of Im perial Airways, is not a matter on which a confident opinion can be expressed. The two main Australian companies, West Australia Airways and Qantas, are both very experienced in" operation inside Australia, but have as yet no experi ence of overseas work. Presumably the matter will be settled by agreement, for Australia does not govern the section from Darwin to Singapore, and cannot de- *•"*"*'* cide by herself that Aus- ***** tralian companies shall have a monopoly on it. Possibly, Imperial Airways will be well content to join hands with the Australians at Singapore, for it does not yet emerge who, if any body, is going to subsidise THE LATE SIR SEFTON BRANCKER. them for flying onwards A portrait painted for the Royal Aero Club by from Karachi. Capt. E. Newling which was unveiled by Lord It appears that the con- Gorell at the House Dinner on December 14. tract for this service from Darwin to Singapore is likely to go to a combine com posed of West Australia Airways, Qantas, and Aus tralian National Airways. The scheme for the new arrangement of internal air services in Australia is at least as interesting as the arrangements for the external service. The Perth-Wyndham service of West Australia Airways and the Brisbane-Camooweal service of Qantas have done such magnificent work in the past, not only by bringing the " out back " in touch with civilisation and medical aid, but also in demonstrating how safely, how reliably, and how economically air ser vices can be run, that any threat to their continuance would be a disaster. It now seems certain that these services will be continued, though on a slightly different basis. What the subsidy rates will be has not been stated. The main internal air mail service will run from Darwin through Katherine, Daly Waters, Camooweal, and down the old Qantas route to Charleville and then on the Cootamundra in New South Wales, where the mails will be transferred to the railways for Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. From this trunk line there will be an important branch from Charleville to Bris bane and another in the north from Camooweal to Normanton, near the Gulf of Carpentaria. It would seem probable that all of this route as far south as Charleville and Brisbane will be entrusted to the ex perienced Qantas, but, of course, tenders must be offered and accepted. The section Charleville - Coota mundra is new, and may fall to the care of Australian National Airways. Mr. Ulm and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith founded that com pany, and once carried on some services very success fully without any subsidy. They should do still better as Government contractors. They may also get the con tract for the Melbourne- Tasmania service, which they were actually working when they were obliged to cease operations. One State capital remains to be provided for, namely, Perth. The old route from Perth to Derby is to remain, and doubtless Major Norman Brearley will be successful in securing the contract for West Australia Airways. An extension, however, is called for, to join the main trunk line at Katherine, some 150 miles south of Darwin, and there is to be a branch line from Hall's Creek up to Wyndham. This last has also been worked by West Australia Airways, though only for half of each year. 1932-1933 To our tnanu friends at Heme & Overseas, "Flight offers Hearty Christina*? &reetin$5 & $eod Wishes for the >Jew Yeatr 1184
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