Pacific Airlines
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Approval Of South
THE United States civil aviation authority has given formal approval to the inauguration of the new air service between Hawaii and Tahiti, via Christmas Island, and to be known as South Pacific Airlines.
It is expected that the service will commence early in 1954. It will be carried on by Solent flyingboats, purchased a few months ago from Trans Oceanic Airways, of Sydney, now in liquidation. The Solents are being reconditioned at Rose Bay, Sydney. Leading -figures in the new airline are Captain Brian Monkton, who originally established TOA, and the well-known Aus tralian pioneer flier, Captain “Bill’* Taylor.
It is expected that the new Air- Ime will make a large and valuable addition to the American tourist traffic to Tahiti.
H Mr. R. w. Robson, editor and publisher of the “Pacific Islands Monthly,” paid a short visit to Fiji in September, J Mr - Tom Low, who was manager for Burns Philp (SS) Co. at Pago Pago for some years, is now doing a round in Fiji and elsewhere as relieving branch manager. Mr. and Mrs. Low (she was formerly Miss Lema Price, of Vanua Levu, Fiji) have been at Labasa and Ba for some months; and late in Sep tember they go to NZ on leave. It is probable, that after leave, they will relieve the BP manager at Norfolk Island.