AERIAL DEFENCE.
TO BE LARGELY CONTROLLED BY
NAVY
NAVY LEAGUE AT SINGAPORE
•Australian nnd N.Z. Cable Association.)
(Received MaV 9. 10 a.m.) "LONDON, May 8. Lord Chelmsford has sent a letter to the Navy League's annual meeting, announcing that the Admiralty and Air Ministry would shortly terminate, by mutual agreement, the dispute in regard to the control of the Air Arm. It is understood that seventy per cent, of the Air officers will be Navy men, ,-
The League regards the move as in the right direction, but adopted a resolution that control of the fleet's air arm should be in the hands of the Admiralty. It also expressed profound regret at the Government's Singapore decision, against the advice of Naval experts, thereby imperilling the security of the Empire.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16426, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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128AERIAL DEFENCE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16426, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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