HIGH SPEED OXFORDS

Evening Star, Issue 23270, 19 May 1939, Page 8

HIGH SPEED OXFORDS

GOVERNMENT ORDERS SIX MACHINES , FOR ADVANCED TRAINING NEW QUARTERS FDR R.N.V.R. “In coefiequence of the expansion that is taking place in the personnel or the Air Force,” said the Minister of Defence (Hon. F. Jones) this morning. “ Cabinet has recently approved of the purchase of an additional six air speed Oxfords for advanced training and navigational instruction.” These machines are fitted with twin engines, and are of a type similar to those already in use by the Air Force. The order for the machines had been placed, the Minister stated, and it was hoped to have them in commission at an early date. . ' A defence matter of interest to Dunedin was also commented upon by the Minister. “It has been recognised lor some time past,” Mr Jones said, that the members of the Royal. Naval Volunteer Reserve have been handicapped in carrying out their training through lack of facilities and accommodation in the building which they have been ÜB Tlfi's had been recognised by the Go vernment, and some time r ago it had been decided to erect a new structure on a site in St. Andrew street on Harbour Board'property. ■ Tenders had been jet for the construction of the building, the Minister added, and the successfu 1 tenderers were Messrs R. Mitchell and Sons, the amount involved being £8,363. Work would commence on the building at an early date. ’