Seaplane Service for New

Guinea

The Australian Government is inviting tenders for a seaplane service for three years for New Guinea. .

The service will be available to residents in re mote parts of the territory. Tenderers are asked to quote the rate per mile at which they are pre pared to establish and maintain an aircraft service for carrying passengers and goods. They will be permitted to use the machines for commercial and other purposes of their own at any time when the machines are not required by Government officials. An air base is to be established at Rabaul.

Arrangements have been made for the Adminis trator to guarantee the contractor a minimum annual payment of £1600. The seaplanes will be required to carry wireless and a suitable lifebelt for each passenger. The contractor must be of British nationality, and no company will be eligible to tender unless it is registered in the Common wealth, and unless all its directors and share holders are British subjects.

A site will be provided at Rabaul free of rental for the erection of a hangar, workshops, etc. Ten ders are returnable on 6th June.