IN THE AIR.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2032, 26 March 1913, Page 1

IN THE AIR.

CAN'T GET MACHINES,

BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S

TROUBLES

(special, xo the sun)

~ , London, March 18. . Colonel Seely, British War Minister m a memorandum attached to the Army Estimates, states that the supply of aircraft to the War Office mis been going on much more slowiv that he could. .Uaye wished, .Difficulty hue been experieuceci Ul ertker British, or foreign machines, or tne two together, aad tkere Jias been delay in delivery. . But he anticipates a considerable improvement in the future.

The greatest obstacle has been found in obtaining a sufficient supply oi engines of British nianufacoure, but, in conjunction with the Admiralty, he hopes to speedily remedy this weakness.

The estimates disclose that has been ear-marked for the purchase oi machines, stores, material and means of transport. The Duke of Argyio, Lord Metiiuen. Lord Harris, Admiral Lord Charles Jieresford, Admiral Sir E. it Freniantle, Major-General Sir R. S. S liaden-Poweil, and many other no able people have signed a memorial to the Prime Minister, asking that at least £1,000,000 shall be placed on the estimates for the purpose of aerial defence.