AERIAL SURVEY PLANNED
HAWKE'S BAY DISTRICT GROUND PARTY TO FOLLOW [bt telegraph—owx correspondent] NAPIER, Saturday Arrangements have been made with Flight-Lieutenant A. Gerrand and Mr. Piet van Asch, of the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Aero Club, to undertake an aerial survey of the district as soon as the weather permits. They will operate fcom a height of 10,000ft v Flight-Lieutenant Gerrand is fully conversant with this type of work, as he li(iS made similar aerial surveys in Australia.
From the aerial mapping it will be possible for Dr. L. Grange, of the Geological Department, to organise the work of a ground party to be engaged in a soil survey. Dr. Grange is expected to begin his survey next month after meeting the provisional committee of the Hawke's Bay Development League. The work which it is proposed to undertake forms a basis for research into problems involved in the industrial and agricultural industries.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22215, 16 September 1935, Page 8
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