IMPERIAL AIRSHIP LINE
♦ NAVAL AUXILIARY IN WAR. DEPUTATION TO PREMIER. A. and N.Z. LONDON. March 11. The aeronautical correspondent of the Times states that a deputation is to wait lon the Prime Minister with a request for- a definite decision regarding the formation of an Imperial airship service, incorporated as an auxiliary reconnaissance force in wartime, instead of light cruisers. It is pointed out that the Admiralty in stressing the necessity for including provision for a subsidy for airships, but that action is delayed owing to the difficulty of deciding which department shall control the airships in war. The deputation will also urge the need for developing a quick means of transport to enable the political co-operation i of the Governments of the Empire.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 7
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