Thorny Problem
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New Hebrides Query
Santo Airfields Present Thorny Problem
■ANY people in Espiritu Santo, '1 in the New Hebrides, are at [ a loss to understand why Hitas cannot immediately operate DC4 air service to that island, ing the existing wartime airfields.
Their appraisal of the situation set out in a letter from Mr. L. r right, President du Groupement :onomique et Social des Nouvelles strides, an organisation apparently plivalent to a Chamber of Com- Brce.
Mr. Wright says, inter alia: “Santo has already a perfectly rviceable aerodrome with a tar ac-airstrip in operational condi »n, Known as Bomber-111, it was ed three years ago by Air France P!4’s and could be used again by and Constellations.
Tt is true that the lateral bands t not up to the required standard,