Progress Of Aviation In
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New Guinea
rPHE following figures, compiled by the Commonwealth Statistician, show the progress which has been made in avia tion in the Mandated Territory of New Guinea during the last two years: 1932-33. 1934-35.
Number of flights ... 7,228 14,710 Number of hours flown 8,499 13,022 Number of miles flown 680,871 1,094.308 Number of passengers carried 7,041 14.403 Weight of freight car ried (tons) 4,903.1 7,789.17 Weight of mails car ried (tons) 21.02 43.7 The amount of freight carried in Aus tralia last year was 110 tons, as compared with 7,789 tons in New Guinea. Mails carried in Australia weighed 30 tons, while the New Guinea services carried 43 tons.
Holden’s Air Transport Services Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 6d per share (equal to 10 per cent, per annum) for the quarter ended March 31.
Mr. Major Harper, a well-known trader of Mandoliana Island, in the Solomon Group, arrived in Sydney by the Malaita on May 8.