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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1950Vol. XX, No. 10

Larger Flying Boat’s For QEA Island Services

p. 24 · Read in the full issue

QEA Island Services

Qantas Empire Airways Have

bought two of the 30-passeng r San “ dringham flying-boats recently fold by Tasman Empire Airways after they had put Short flying-boats on the Syd ney-Auckland run.

QEA will use the Sandringhams on the

services they operate (at present with Catalinas) to Suva, Noumea, Lord Howe Island and the New Hebrides.

Captain and Mrs. I. H. Thomas, ar rived in Australia early in Aoril from the UK and left for the'BSl on April 17.

Captain Thomas who is a school teacher will take over the Anglican Mission senior boys’ school on the island of Ugi.