AIR COUNCIL.
SIR C. CRAVEN'S POST. (British Official Wireless.) Ul/Giii, April 11. The \ir Ministry announces: ,'ooncurrentlv with the arrangements an uounceu to-uay lor relieving tnc pressure ou tne Uriels oi btau, the aimister lor Air (tin- bauiuel noare.) Hub invited Sir Charles graven to join the Air CouncU ab Civil Member lor Licvelopmeiic ana i-ruaueuou. in nib iwW appointment, which will be whole-tune, Sir Charles will be asboeiateU with AirMarshal Sir \v Hired feeman, *' Member tor Development and iioduc tion »»• Carles W 1" alß °, be chairman o the Air Supply Board, wh.cnwill replace the ex.st.ng Air touncxl Committee on Supply. on- Charles Craven., on taking up his appointment, has dibbocmtedhiinseu from the boards ot Vickera, Ltd., anU Vicmi-s, Armstrongs, uui.. ana all as related companies, and ceases to take any part ill the conduct ol tneir aral\ir E J H Lemon, whose services have been lent to the Air Ministry by the London, Midland and bc£tt>sn Hallway, is resuming his office with the fai vay, his work at the Air M.nustr being completed. He, however will LveontheAir Supply Board, which will be responsible under the Air Council for the production ot equipment and supplies, and * ill be composed of Sir Charles Craven ichairnian), Lord Riverdale, An-Ma shal Sir Wilfred Freeman, Air-Ma b hat Sir Christopher Courtney, Sir Harold Howitt, Mr Lemon, an diaries Bruce Gardney, and Mr Lindsay Scott.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 124, 24 April 1940, Page 10
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