MORE SOUTHERLY TAKEOFF FIELD
“Invercargill Not Suitable”
Invercargill has been considered but rejected as a departure point for Hercules transport nlanes flving from New Zealand to McMurdo Sound For one thing. Invercargill was not far enough south of Christchurch in normal flving conditions to make the advantage worthwhile. the United Spates Air Force soimdron commander (Lieutenant-Colonn] w Turk) said yesterday when ciuestioned Another reason for disapproval of Invercargill was that there was no inf fuel such as that by the Hercules available at the airport there
A third reason was that on their present mission the Hercules skifreighters were operating at their capacity and in such circumstances Invercargill did not have sufficient safety clearance in its runway for them, Colonel Turk said
Window Damaged—A large plate glass window in the snorts goods shop of Turner and Le Brun at 615 Colombo street, was deeply scratched with several letters about nine inches high. It is thought that this vandalism occurred some time between 5.30 p.m. on Monday and lunch time on Tuesday. The plate glass window, valued at about £9O, will have to be replaced.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29108, 21 January 1960, Page 12
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