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"SMITHIE'S' PLANE
Departmental Hold-up
MELBOURNIE, Friday.-- Referiin.g
to the necessity fyr a cel tlfi ilte to
be issued,1)v the Civil Avinsfion l)
.paitllllnt for ESir Charles llngsford
Smith's new plane, the Controller of
Civil .. Aviation,. Captain . Johlmsn,
said to-day that it usually took two
men from the Department about thi'ee
months to detepnille the stress of any
machine.
The Departiment had a:k:d Sir
Charles Killgsforld Smiuth *to ruppoly
an airworihiness celt:ficate cf the
United States. Department of Czon
merce as soon as p:ssible.
The Federal Cabinet has completed
dhe draft of the Budget speech ·to be
delivered 'by .the Prime Mlinister
next Tuesday. After natking various
provisions, a nomilnal surplus is ex.
peeled.
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