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IE decision of the United States 3overnment to allow Qantas to across America from San Fran ) to New York and on to Europe ns that this Australian airline can operate right around the world, ntas claimed that it was the first ne to do this, but it was later ed by Pan American Airways h operate west-about, San-Fran

» to Europe via Manila, Bangkok,

i and the Middle East; and from »pe back home across the Atlan- However, PAA does not operate

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return for these rights—which i bitterly opposed by some ons in the United States— ralia conceded to America dn reciprocal rights to operate ugh Australia to South Africa South East Asia. Provision is made for a route from South rica to Australia via the retie. .ntas has drawn up tentative dules to operate “round the 3” with Super Constellations he end of this year. Elapsed for such a flight will be about hours, with 96 hours flying e agreement for the exchange ghts has not yet been signed, tails such as whether Qantas pick up passengers for the i-USA flight and on to London still to be ironed out. Qantas sngers will, however, be able to : their journey at American rts—and that was the right, - any other, that Qantas ed to establish, ntas may fly from New York ly European airport, at which s. or can obtain, traffic rights, is no traffic rights for Paris perhaps is not interested in rights at present, t should Qantas ever wish to Paris it will have a useful lining point in the Australian s granted to the French ie, Transports Aeriens Inter nentaux, which now operates gh Darwin and Brisbane to Caledonia and New Zealand, the end of this year TAI i to operate through Sydney, to eliminate Brisbane. ? US Government will decide i American airline will be ed the right to operate over lew routes to and from Aus- Pan-American Airways, as mly US airline operating in South- west Pacific, is expected ake application to use these 3. ;re is no guarantee, however, this application would succeed,

as it has been suggested that another major US airline, Trans- World Airlines, is interested in the South-west Pacific.

Tai At Brisbane

ONE of those unforeseen technical hitches compelled Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux to make its Brisbane debut on July 11, and not July 4 as had been announced.

This weekly service with DCfT’. aircraft touches down at the following points between Paris and Auckland—Athens, Karachi, Saigon.

Darwin, Brisbane and Noumea. It

gives Queensland and New Zealand residents an interesting alternative in overseas air-travel.

A cocktail party to mark the inauguration of the Brisbane stop over was given by the company’s agents at Princes in Sydney bn July 11. t Mr. Tony Bambridge, well-known businessman of Papeete, Tahiti, had in June deserted commerce for ad venture. He was at Tautira, digging for treasure, which was supposed to have been buried there a couple of centuries ago by the Spaniards.

t a veteran Lutheran missionary, Mrs. Adele Welsch, who first went to New Guinea, 40 years ago, has returned home to Germany. Mr.

Welsch was killed during the war when a Japanese ship in which he was being transported with other missionaries to Hollandia, was attacked and sunk by United States bombers. Fellow Lutheran Missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schoettler, are making the trip with Mrs. Welsch. r The New Caledonia internal air service Transpac in late June carried it’s 10,000 th passenger. The passenger, a Lifou native, was carried free in honour of the occasion. The service was inaugurated in September, 1955.

ISLANDERS MEET IN SYDNEY: Amongst guests [?]t a recent social evening given by the Poly [?]esian Society, Sydney, were, above (left to right): Mr. V. Graham, of Suva, who is study [?]ng Sydney; Miss Veronica Leisner, of [?]awaiian descent, who is the daughter of the

Association's treasurer; and John Helena, of Rarotonga, and Moana Mann, of Apia, who enjoyed some Polynesian dancing.

RIGHT: Mrs. Irene Lloyd, formerly loka Opetaia, of Apia, W. Samoa.

Photos: Tele-Photos.

Earlier in June, the company resumed its passenger service to the Loyalty Islands.