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AIR FORCE COURTS. WELLINGTON, December 2. Powers to convene general courts martial, should such occasion arise, are conferred by the Gbvernor-Gener-al on the Chief of the,Ait Staff in a notice appearing in last night’s Gazette Authority is also granted the Chief of the Air Staff to depute officers ofjthe Royal New Zealand Air Force not below the rank of squadron leader also to convene such courts martial. EMPIRE AIR MAILS. LONDON, December 1. Imperial Airways have already handled 4,500,000 letters by the Empire Christmas mail service for Australia and New Zealand. Clearances for the three weeks to November 27, respectively, were eight, twelve, and thirteen and a-half tons., . ANGLO-GERMAN AIR PARITY LONDON, December 1. Replying in the House of Commons to a question on air parity with Germany and international air limitation the Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain) said the policy of the British Government, as explained by the Secretary for Air (Sir Kingsley Wood) was, Without drawing any declaration, to build up an air force adequate to ensure the protection of Britain and the preservation of her trade routes and the defence of her territories overseas, as well as to fulfil her international responsibilities and co-operate in the defence of -the territories of her allies in the event of war. • 1
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Grey River Argus, 3 December 1938, Page 8
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212AVIATION Grey River Argus, 3 December 1938, Page 8
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