POLLEN ISLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1932, Page 16

POLLEN ISLAND.

DRAWBACKS AS AIRPORI

MANGERE'S CLAIMS ADVANCED

Several grounds of objection to tha Pollen Island airport scheme were stated at a meeting of the Papatoetoe Welfare League on Thursday evening, and it was decided to urge the local bodies in th* southern suburbs of Auckland to unite in advocating the selection of an airnort site near Mangere Crossing.

One of the main objections raised was that Pollen Island, being reclaimed land would be unsuitable for commercial a via' tion, in view of the growing tendency for aeroplanes to carry greater weiehf It was stated that Messrs. B Pin Pr W O. Kay, the two New Z«. knde P „ « had made a flight from England to Aim. tralia, had disapproved of Pollen Island for this reason. a

Another point raised was the difficult of linking Pollen Island up with the ran and road transport system from Auckland to the South without involving con" siderable additional cost. Mangere nn the contrary, was ideally situated Z relation to the Main Trunk raihvav'and the main highways. The league resolved to make a nrot«+ to the Auckland City Council, ur<rhw that the Pollen Island scheme should b» dropped and that consideration should be given to the more suitable landing to be obtained at Mangere on the Massed estate and the Otahuhu Trotting ClulV. grounds. 6 •