London, Mar. 15. near sea routes, linking China ports, will be mono-"by a semi-official holding While a law will be intro-China naviga-Isetani, Director of the in in the Ministry of c told the Lower Which is investi-for ship-building belonging to companies It is intended to speed up the Empire air services time-table progressively by the extension of night-flying, and the provision of aircraft, announced Captain H. H. Balfour, the Under-Secretary of State for Air, in answer to a question in the House of Commons today.
Mr. Harry Day, Labour member for Central Southwark asked regarding the difference in the timing between Imperial Airways and the KIM. between London and Singapore.
Orders for production, Captain Balfour revealed, had already been placed.
Asked if any new machines had been constructed, Captain Balfour replied that fourteen new types of civil planes were being constructed by Fairey's. Probably, when completed in 1941 or 1942, Captain Balfour stated, they would be used on this and other routes.—Reuter.
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