§ 44. Captain Peter Macdonaldasked the Postmaster-General whether he will, for the convenience of the public, arrange to establish as soon as possible an air-mail service from this country to South Africa and Rhodesia as a counterpart to the air-mail service already in existence from South Africa and Rhodesia to this country.
§ The Postmaster-General (Captain Crookshank)The aircraft capacity available for the conveyance of mails outwards on the Empire air routes is at present fully taken up by air letter mails for the Forces and airgraphs for Forces and civilians. I am fully aware of the desirability of improving the air-mail service to the Union of South Africa and to Northern and Southern Rhodesia and to Empire countries generally on the Empire air routes, and I shall lose no opportunity to do so as and when sufficient aircraft capacity for mails becomes available.