Seriously Disrupted
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[?]as Pilots Strike
Pacific Air Services Seriously Disrupted
j Qantas airline pilots went on trike at midnight on April 11 nd as a consequence all Qantas eas services out of Sydney led. Flights to Papua-New »a. Britain, USA, Canada, S-E the Far East and some Pacific Is will be affected if the strike the week that the Airline Pilots’ threatens.
Qantas has a monopoly on the i-New Guinea and Solomon is services, these places will be adversely affected than other ; which are well served by Pan ican Airways, BOAC, KLM, iian Pacific Airlines, Air India, ?AI. etc. t plane for P-NG left Sydney 0 p.m. on April 11.
G is the most air-minded (and sight-minded) of all territories 1 by Qantas and considerable lenience will be caused there strike lasts. pilots are striking over a r of salary. They want in s ranging from £747 to £1,840 onum. They say that these bring their salaries into line those paid to other inter nal airline pilots.
Ex-PM in Suva
Sir Anthony Eden shown with the Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey, after he and Lady Eden had reached Suva from New Zealand by RNZAF flying-boat on April 4.
Because his health had deteriorated. Sir An thony had to cut short his NZ holiday and fly to Boston, USA, to seek the advice of Dr.
R. Cattell who operated on him in 1953. While in Suva the Edens stayed at Government House, later joining a Vancouver - bound Qantas airliner at Nadi.