ASSISTING AVIATION.
LIMITED MONEY AVAILABLE. RECOGNITION OF CLUBS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. . Replying to-day to a deputation from Hufct Valley, which sought the Government's aid in making Gear Island, at Lower Hufct, a landing place for aeroplanes and training ground for pilots, the Minister of Defence, Hon. T. M. Wilford, said that when the Government had to consider the question of assisting clubs, the number meantv'a good deal. When the Government recognised a club it undertook to pay £25 a • pilot a year up •to 20 pilots. It also undertook ■to lend aeroplanes, and lending ma-chines meant practically giving them away. The Government, therefore, had to consider seriously the recognition of clubs, because of the liability attached to such a decision. "At present the money available for aviation, civil or otherwise, is limited," concluded Mr. Wilford. "There is no possibility of any civil aviation company receiving a subsidy from the Government this year."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 20
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154ASSISTING AVIATION. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 20
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