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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 145, 19 May 1930, Page 2

financing aero clubs. SCHEME THAT WILL APPEAL TO PUBLIC. Most are aware of the necessity to the community of aero clubs if wo are to keep abreast of modern times, and if we aro to provide a force of instructors, mechanics, and pilots as a moans of national defence. Air strength is now equally as important as naval or military strength, and the only means New Zealand has of building up an air forco is through the establishment of. local aero clubs. Recognising this, the objective of the Golden Wings Art Uioii ,js to be greatly commended, and- it is hoped it will ipeet with' liboral support ' from • a sympathetic public. ’£4,000 in alluvial gold is being offered in prizes, the first prize being £2,500, and tho second £SOO. Tickets are 2s 6d each, or a book of pine for £l. The! trustees aro Sir Joseph Ward, Bart.,. P.C., K.C.M.G. (Southland), Sir Francis Boys, K.8.E., president of tho Canterbury Aero Club, and the Hofc<W.‘ B. Taverner, M.P., Otago Aero Club, arid the. Secretary is Mr W. B. Steel," P.O. 80x.393, Dunedin. It is not often that one is presented with the.opportunity of subscribing to a worthy cause and at tlie same itimo. : winning a fortune of £2500 for :.the email sum of 2s 6d.—Advt.