The Archive · 1936

Flying Bass Strait

With the wind set fair behind ler, the airliner Bungana, flagship of the Holyman fleet, took off from Essendon aerodrome (Melbourne) with the: prospect of being in Launceston just an hour and 15 minutes later.

"We are not setting out to break records," Holyman's explained. But records are falling to the big Douglas plane.as she cruises at 200 miles hour over Bass Strait on her regular runs to and from Tasmania.

The Bungana made the crossing be~ tween the mainland of Australia and factory long-term British meat contact would give a great impetus the industry which is natural to the Toast settled of Australia's lands, Australia places the cause of Empire strength and security far above the bargaining over details. Of late, however, some little feeling has been aroused by the action of certain British oficial and trade agents in shouting that each proposal to help Australian industry is a breach of the Ottawa Agreement when plainly it is not, Australia feels that it has ful-

Aled that agreement with scrupulous

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