CIVIL AVIATION.
PROGRESS IN AUSTRALIA. HUGE EXPENDITURE. MELBOURNE, December 28. In 1941 the Commonwealth Government proposes to spend 50 per cent more on civil aviation development and administration than was spent last financial year. The increase proposed in the Budget (1940-41) is from £822,935 to £1,255,000. The Minister for Air (Mr. McEwen) said that the increase was cue primarily to the fact that needs of the R.A.A.F. had been reconciled with civil aviation development. It was recognised that the facilities available now to both the R.A.A.F. and civil aviation would benefit commercial air interests after the war. Though war services must have priority, it was desirable that there should, 'be a steady development of civil aviation facilities, which were of great value to the fighting air arm. Attention is to be paid to improvements of aerodromes and the provision of radio communication and direction finding stations.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 8
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