EMERGENCY LANDING GROUNDS.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS SCHEME. . Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 27. The Minister of Defence (Hon. J. G. Cobbe) announced to-day that the Government was going to ask Parliament to vote £SOOO this year to bring into effect the scheme suggested by the New Zealand Aero Club to provide a series of emergency landing grounds for aircraft in both islands. Relief labour Will be used in preparing the grounds selected and the services of a Public Works engineer have been placed at the disposal of the Defence Department for the work, which would be started soon. A number of sites had been selected and the form of agreement with the landowners to preserve the rights of the Crown was being considered.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 284, 28 October 1933, Page 2
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122EMERGENCY LANDING GROUNDS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 284, 28 October 1933, Page 2
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