Harewood Airport
Sir,—Citizens of Christchurch have every reason to be proud of Cr. Guthrey. Fighting his battle for jets for Harewood, he is thwarted by apathy locally and the determined opposition of the powers that be in Wellington. Despite the welter of statements and interviews, it does not require a Sherlock Holmes to deduce that any prospect of seeing Boeing 707’s (or any other pure jets) at our international (?) airport is, to say the least, extremely remote. Auckland has more than double our population and is getting bigger every day. To a politician votes are vital, so all the ifs, ands, and buts are mere camouflage. We are, more’s the pity, outnumbered and therefore outvoted. An overseas visitor said to me: “What, another airport? Why this one has an unlimited potential.”—Yours, etc., MORE MILLIONS FOR ' MANGERE. October 3. 1961.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29638, 7 October 1961, Page 3
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