BREACH OF FAITH?
AUSTRALIAN 'PLANE-BUILDING LONDON'. February 2S. "Australia s decision to build American machines is a gross breach of faith with the British Air Ministry," says "Aeroplane" in an abusive article. The magazine as.-crts that an agreement had been made with the Air Ministry that the equipment of the R.A.A.F. and the R.A.F. would be identical so that co-operation in wartime would l>e easier. "Sir Archdale Parkhill's statement that. Australia's decision had been made in view of special considerations which had been the subject of consultations with the British Government, is entirely, if not deliberately, misleading," the magazine goes on. "It suggests that the decision was made in agreement with or even on the advice of the British Government. The truth is that the 'consultation' ended in complete disagreement. We believe that little manufacturing, in the sense of handicraft, is to be done at Fishermen's Bend. Ihe Australian idea seems to be that the Australian factory there should be merely an assembly depot and that NAlii's for the R.A.A.F. shall be about as much built at the Bend as Imperial Airways flying boats are built at Bermuda."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1937, Page 7
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BREACH OF FAITH?
Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1937, Page 7
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