EMERGENCY AERODROME
SITE IN NELSON PROVINCE STATE LAND PURCHASE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] MOTUEKA. Friday A fact not hitherto disclosed is the decision of tho Government to es a an emergency landing £ roun( * Plain, near Lake Rotoiti, in e . house district of tho Nelson P rcn , Land for the purpose has been acqui from Mr. Alex McConochie, onlier . the lake station, and will about 100 acres of tussock count.> ideally situated as an ..emergency lC e Motu P iko, Bnljcr and Wairau rivers converge at Tophouse. Rom flying point of view, these landmarks, will enablo aviators to locate grounds under the most atmospheric conditions, shoulc su - necessary. * „ n a it The land has been surveyed, an is understood that tho fonna■ will be put in hand by the G -j 3 as soon as, the necessary ab ? s %- available. Lpon completion ■ fidently expected that the emergency ground will be best of its kind in the Soutn i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23115, 13 August 1938, Page 14
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