NEW ZEALAND AIR CADET CORPS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 4 August 1941, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND AIR CADET CORPS

STEADY PROGRESS BEING MADE SCHEME OUTLINED BY MINISTER Wellington, This Day. Steady progress is being made in New Zealand with the establishment of an Air Cadet Corps, said the Minister of Defence. Mr Jones, to-day. The Minister described it as a younger brother to the Empire Air Training Scheme and said that it would officially be open to youths of from 16i *.o eighteen years. Consent of the parents must be obtained before the cadets could be accepted and training was effected by a pre-entry course for the youths intending later to iom either the air crews, ground or technical staffs of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Minister outlined the scope of subjects covered stating that training would be of value in a number of civil occupations and would tend to bring out the best qualities in each trainee. Some hundreds of youths have already been selected in the main centres, he said, and the appointment of instructors was now well in fiend. Units would be formed where possible n High Schools and Colleges and the scheme for training youths in country districts by correspondence courses is nearing completion. The Minister added that he hoped that m a few months the scheme would be in full operation with some thousands of members and undoubtedly it would prove a valuable reserve of keen air-minded young men whose training would prove a real asset both to themselves and their country.—P.A. DEATH CHANT At Nelson on 3rd August, 1941. John llenrv Pliant lat.* of Mo-