OVERSEAS AIR TERMINAL
DECISION BY TIMARU CITY COUNCIL “SAFEST AND BEST SITE” SUPPORTED From Our Own Reporter x x«_ TIMARU. Jay 23. That the Timaru City Council support the establishment of an overseas air terminal in the South Island on the safest and best site” was the text of a resolution adopted, almost without discussion, by the Timaru City Council this evening. The decision was <r ade on the motion of the Mayor (Mr A E. S. Hanan), who said that there had recently been so much in the newspapers on the question that he felt it was time the council expressed an opinion. At a meeting in February the council reached no decision on a request irom the chairman of the Harewood Overseas Terminal Committee (Mr J K. Dench) for Timaru support for the declaration of Harewood aS the South Island terminal. Levels Airport , ’ n . . u re P° r ‘. which will be presented to the annual meeting of the South Canterbury Chamoer of Commerce th s week, the president (Mr S. G. McClelland) says: “With the support of other chambers of the South Island given to Harewood it has been necessary to take a very firm stand in order ~?i,B!'i? s ? rve , the . very excellent chance which Levels airport has for recognition as an important ai.d central airport IdanT™ the Wh ° le Of the South
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25811, 24 May 1949, Page 6
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