AIR FORCE CADETS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18632, 16 February 1935, Page 5

AIR FORCE CADETS

NEW ZEALANDERS’ SUCCESS OUTSTANDING RECORDS (Per Press Assoiistiou.) WELLINGTON, this day. Cable advice received to-day shows that tw.o more New Zealanders, Cecil Dunn Milne, a son of Mrs K. Milne, of “Woodcot," Te Aroha, and Jolfrc Gordon Fraser, a son of Lieut-Coloncl E. G. Fraser, V.D., formerly of Auckland, and now af Rotorua, have achieved a fine record in their training examinations. Both Messrs. Milne and Fraser were nominated by the Defence Department in 1931 for entry into the Royal Air Force as aircraft apprentices. Entering No. 1 school of technical training at Halton in January, 1932, the young students completed a threeyear course in December last. Both have • been awarded cadetships, and are, therefore, eligible for entry to the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, to follow the full normal course of training for pilot officers. The Minister of Defence, the Hon. J. G. Cobbe, said that officers of the Defence Department were naturally pleased at tho success .of Messrs. Milne and' Fraser. The young men, he said, well merited the congratulations they received. In addition to being awarded a cadetship, Mr. Milne took first prizes for the grand aggregate and educational subjects, and was awarded the Lord' Wakefield scholarship. “The success of Messrs. Milne and Fraser," added the Minister, “is all the more pleasing because it is known that cadetships in the air force arc difficult to obtain, and are only awarded to apprentices who show most outstanding ability. The reports before me show that in some years no cadetship is awarded. Three were granted to the Halton entry of 82 apprentices who passed out .of the training establishment last December."