AVIATION CADETS IN NEW ZEALAND'

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 49, 21 November 1917, Page 6

AVIATION CADETS IN NEW ZEALAND '

THE MINISTBE EXPLAINS.

A letter was sent to the Minister of Defence recently by Mr. J. Vigor Brown, M.P., asking why tho candidates of the Auckland Flying School received better treatment than those of the Canterbury School.

Mr. Brown has received the following letter from the Minister of Defence:"I have to acknowledge Teceipt of your letter of November 6 regarding the difference in treatment of tho last lot of pupils from the Auckland and Canterbury flying Schools who went Home. I boff to inform you that eleven officers nml ten cadets sailed with the last reinforcements, tho officers beinp on a different boat to the cadets. The officers were pupils who had entered the Auokland School before, the Canterbury School came into existence, and, therefore, they came under the old conditions from tho Imperial Government, which laid it down that on qualifying they. tceTe to be commissioned and sent to England ns 2nd lieutenants. As to. the endets, eight of these were from the Canterbury School and two from the Auckland School, the latter two'having entered thp Auckland School under the new conditions, which came into operation when the Canter, bury Sohool was opened. Thore is only one more Dupil fo oualify in the Auck-' land School who will fro Home as n 2nd lieutenant. With this exception all fut nre pupils from thp A ucklancl School will be sent Hom<> as cndet.» ann on thp. snmo status as those from the Canterbury School. Tt is emit? correct that the officers nre unid 7s. 6rl. per riny,from date of emWJtnt'on, .SOft for Ihclr uniforms. and £~h refund of school fees, whilst

under tV iiew renditions the carets nre _ paid Is. per dnr, and also receive an nllowanco of .£75 prior fi sailin-r. ■ Thev do not rfCfiTe the outfit nllowanco. sf Hie Imperial Government has instructed that they are to so TTome in mnfti."