AIR FORCE BASES
" \ ANOTHER siTE NOT NEEDED [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] "WELLINGTON, Thursday Replying to the Marlborough Progress League regarding the suitability of Blenheim as an Air Force base, the Minister of Defence, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, stated that the necessity for a further Air Force base was not yet apparent and therefore no definite consideration had been given to the matter. The _ Minister added that attention was being directed by the Government toward developing the existing Air Force bases at near Auckland, and Wigram, near Christchurch, and no occasion had yet arisen to make necessary provision for « third base..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21757, 23 March 1934, Page 10
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100AIR FORCE BASES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21757, 23 March 1934, Page 10
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