AIR DEFENCE.
N.Z.'S POSITION. " STAND ON OUR OWN FEET." MISSION FROM ENGLAND. (By Telegraph.—Press A sso«ia Won.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Air Ministry announcement that in accordance with the wishes of the New Zealand Government, the air mission which is going to Australia next month will proceed to New Zealand on the conclusion of the Australian visit, to discuss with the Government, the possibility of the manufacture of aircraft in the Dominion, was referred to by the Prime Minister, the Right. Hon. M. .T. Savage, in an interview this evening. The Government's job. Mr. Savage said, was to make the best possible use of the occasion and get all the advice it could to see what further steps could be taken to enable New Zealand to stand 011 her own feet in the event of the country being isolated during a world war. The Prime Minister said the Chief of Air Staff. Group-Captain the Hon. R. A. Cochrane, was entitled to most of the credit for the organisation of the Royal New Zealand Air Force which had been put into effect during the last two or three years. "I think remarkable progress hf-.s been made, because we did start off from scratch." Mr. Savage said. "There is a very high decree of efficiency in the force already.*'
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 16, 20 January 1939, Page 10
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