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: MUTUAL HELP
\ T® SOLVE
AIR PROBLEMS
I International co-operation on air trans-
p'prt problems was urged today by the
Ainister for Civil Aviation, Mr White, when'
he, opened a meeting of the South Pacific (
Ait Transport Council.
Only free discussion on differences of opinion
would clear away any difficulties over policy and
technical organisation.
Development of British Com-
nonweaitb Pacific Airlines and
Panadlan Pacific Airlines had|
reated s'ome such problems,
'.id Mr.Wite,
Delegates should be able to
lccide hov their respective
governments could solve any
problems for mutual benefit. .
Mr White welcomed delegated
rom Britain. Canada, New Zea-
. md and Fiji . .. , , :
. The South Pacific Air Trans-
' ort. Council, has not met In
lelboUrne bgpre. but it has;
' let twlcef in' CUiberra'and once
. ' .-WeUingtonV?
Mr . White ssid the Welling
ton conference, in 1948, dis-
cussed a £1,200,000 project tc
develop Suva as an internat
ional airport. The estimatec
cost was now much more than
£3 million, and this would be a
heavy government burden.
New Zealand's announce
ment that Nandi, Fiji; would
not .be needed as a military
, aerodrome, meant that . :ci,vil
airlines would ' continue to
have facilities there indeflnr
itcly on a joint-user' basis. '
. Surprised
Mi- T. O. Travers,' Canadian
delegate, :;said' it/ was : / i
"pleasant surprise" to find th .
Pacific air trip so much easie:
and more comfortable than the
Atlantic crossing. This woulc
increase traffic between Aus
tralia and Canada, and botl-
countries should do everything
possible to assist the flow with
all necessary facilities ana
agencies at seaboard ter
minals.
Mr W. S. Goosman, New
Zealand Minister for Civil
Aviation, said he made nc
apologies for using the. wore
empire :io empunoiM «-
portance of the conference ton
day. He preferred that term
for the Comonwealth- of
Nations.
T.A.A. Service
For Review .
By The Herald Aviation
Correspondent
The fate of Trans-Australia
Airlines under the Menzies
Government will be discussed
in Canberra this week by a
Cabinet sub-committee.
TAA's air mail subsidy will
be reviewed.
The Prime Minister, Mr
Menzies, will preside. Other
Ministers at the discussion will
be the Treasurer, Mr Fadden;
the Minister for National De
velopment, Mr Casey; the Post
master-General, Mr Anthony;
and the Minister for Civil Avia
tion, Mr White,
Minister For
Montreal
The Minister for Air and
Civil Aviation, Mr White, will
lead an Australian delegation
to the International Civil Avia
tion Organisation Assembly,
which will qpen in Montreal
on May "30.
The delegation will include
the Director-General of Civil
Aviation, Air Marshal R. Wil
liams, and three -Department
pf Civil Aviation officials.
It will be assisted in Montreal
by Dr. K. Bradfleld, Australia's
member on the Council of the
ICAO, and by Mr D. S. Graham,
Australian Civil Air Attache at
Washington.
The forthcoming assembly
would review the organisation
and future activities of the
ICAO which dealt generally
with operational standards
and practices, Mr White said.
After the . ICAO Assembly
there would 'be ' a meeting of
the Commonwealth Air Trans-
port Council.
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