PROGRESS LEAGUE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 17 October 1941, Page 2

PROGRESS LEAGUE

AERODROME EXTENSION DISCUSSION AT EXECUTIVE MEETING NO ACTION TAKEN At the monthly meeting of the executive of the Nelson Progress there I were present the president, Mr J. A. Harley, and Messrs A. It. Tuffncll, F. G Gibbs, C. Palmer, J. Logan. R. C. T Paine, E. 11. Thomson. L. E. 11. Bai gent, and Dr S A. Gibbs. The secretary. Mr E. It. Neale, reported that while he and Mr (Junior were visiting Wellington they took the iopportunity of interviewing the Minister of Public Works. Mr Armstrong, regarding the removal of the rails from the Midland Railway. The Minister had given them an assurance that the resumption of w k on that section depended on the conditions existing after the war. Reference was also made at the meeting to the cessation of work on the Shenandoah road to the Lewis Pass. It was stated that the war situa tion was a very reasonable excuse for the stopping of the work and that this section of road would be one of the Government’s first considerations when favourable conditions warranted. The annual report of the South Island Travel Association was presented to the meeting and Mr Harley asked that the league might give its support to this association because it gave the Nelson Province much valuable advertising. It was agreed that the j Progress League should be represented |by Mr Harley at the annual meeting of the Association on 20th October. Permission was given to the Early Settlers’ Memorial Association to distribute the league’s folder advertising Nelson in connection with the forthcoming centenary of Nelson. EXTENSION OF AERODROME Mr E. H. Thomson urged that the League take up the matter regarding the extension of the Tahunanui Aerodrome and that work in connection with this project be pressed forward ;as speedily as possible. He explained ;that he would like to see the work (gone on with and at the same time the Golf Links retained j Mr Harley surveyed the representations that the City Council had made to the authorities and the conference which had taken place. The Public i Works Department had given an assurance that action would not be taken without due notice. He considjered that the Progress League should watch the position and see that there was not any unfairness in destroying anything that was an asset to Nelson. A review of the two alternative ways in which the extension of the Aerodrome could be carried out. by taking part of the Golf Links or reclamation to the south, was given by Dr Gibbs, iHe said that the authorities had disj cussed these two alternatives and he ! was of the opinion that they were favourable to the southward extension, j However the time and cost factors came into it. ' Other members of the league expressed various opinions on the matter of the Aerodrome extension and it was generally agreed that the Progress League should watch the position and if it was necessary in the interests of the defence of the Dominion to take a portion of the Golf Links then it should be taken but if it was not the league j should take action.