THE AIR CONTEST.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 117, 17 April 1934, Page 8

THE AIR CONTEST.

DOMINION ENTRY URGED. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 17. Mr F. 0. Chichester, the airman, interviewed to-day, said it was not to be accepted that the effort to secure the nomination of a New Zealand team for the Melbourne centenary race should be allowed to fail, and he was confident that, even so late in the day as this, means could be found to send a team away. He said the organisation of the flight was of as great importance as the actual piloting of a machine and lie proposed as manager-captain Mr A. W. Nisbet, of Wellington, and as pilot Captain J. D. Hewctt, of Auckland. The race would be the greatestsporting event this year and New Zealand should make an effort to live up to our reputation as sporting people. The entry would be expensive, the minimum required being £8125, but spread over the whole Dominion the cost should be found in a short time. Seen later. Mr Nisbet said the suggestion that he should be a participant was a complete surprise. While Mr Chichester had seen fit to nominate him as organiser and co-pilot, the final selection in the event of the necessary amount being raised would rest presumably with the committee controlling the fund, in which case a pilot of more experience than himself would probably be selected.