Nz-Rarotonga Air Mail

Resumed

Rarotonga, Jan. 6.

riTHE New Zealand-Rarotonga air-mail X was temporarily suspended owing to the inadequacy of local radio equip ment for the direction of aircraft.

In the meantime, a large amount of valuable equipment and some technicians have been flown in, and a very powerful directional radio has now been installed.

The new plant is now functioning, con trolled by RNZAF operators, and the air mail service was resumed with the arrival of the mail-plane on January 5.

This will actually be the first really “official” air-mail.

So far, the letter rate to NZ has been only the ordinary ocean rate of 2d., and no extra charge on overseas mails. With the re-establishment of the service the Rarotonga-NZ rate has been fixed at sd.