Auckland-Vancouver Air Service Opens
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A photograph taken at the opening of the British Commonwealth Pacific Service from New Zealand to Canada. The picture shows the official party on the platform during the opening ceremony which was held at Whenuapai Airport, Auckland, on April 25. Mr. Ivan Holyman, managing director of Australian National Airways, the interim operator of the service is on the extreme left. Behind the microphone is the Australian Minister for Air (the Hon. A. S. Drakeford) and next to him from the left are the New Zealand Minister for Air (the Hon. F. Jones), Mr. A. W Cloes (chairman of BC PA) the Hon. F. Hackett (New Zealand Postmaster General), Mr. J. A. C.
Allum (Mayor of Auckland), Mr. A. Rive (Canadian High Commissioner in New Zealand), Sir Leonard Isitt (a member of the BCPA board and chairman of the New Zealand National Airways Corporation), and Lady Isitt.
Photo by Whites Aviation.