MELBOURNE AIR RACE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 April 1934, Page 7

MELBOURNE AIR RACE

NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATION GOVERNMENT REPLY AWAITED (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, sth April. The proposal that New Zealand should enter a machine for the Melbourne centenary air race was further discussed at a meeting of Auckland business men. It was reported that a number of leading newspapers had agreed to support the scheme. “It is quite obvious we can launch a campaign with a .fair measure of success, buc- we must have a reply from the Government first, ’ Mr J. A. C. A Hum said. “If the Government is prepared to give a lead I think, we can rely on the general public for the remainder of Hie £IO,OOO required.” It was decided to ask the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates to make an announcement by next Thursday concerning the attitude of till Government,

LITTLE HOPE OF SUPPORT

WELLINGTON, This Day

“No consideration has yet been given to the question,” the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) said when asked if any decision had been reached by the Government in connection with the suggestion that New Zealand should enter a machine for the Melbourne Centenary Air Race. Inquiries made in Ministerial circles indicate that the Government docs not feel inclined nor does it feel justified in using public funds to support such a project, particularly at the present juncture. Little hope, was entcitained of the Government finding any money for the proposal, and it was generally agreed that any funds available could b e put to far better purpose than finaeing the air race.