WAIKATO AIRPORT
NOT FOR MILITARY USE SQUADRONS NEAR COAST LINE [FROM OCR OWX CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON", Thursday "The Government has no intention of converting the Waikato airport & Rukuhia into a military aerodrome o forming a territorial air s( l ua^ro , n T^the Waikato," said the Minister of V* fence, the Hon. F. Jones, in an ID 6 view to-day. . . The Minister said the territorial 81 squadrons were intended for eC01 !. naisauce work and were practical J 3 situated near the coast line. It VO y not be suitable for aeroplanes carrjin out this important work to be si ated in inland towns. All aerodrome in the country would be called on play a part in the military activity 9 the country in the "Cage of eme gency.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23356, 26 May 1939, Page 12
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