AMBITIOUS PLANS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 9

AMBITIOUS PLANS

WELLINGTON'S AIRPORT £128,000 TO BE SPENT (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A plan involving the expenditure of £128,000 for the development of ltoiigotai as an airport suitable for large commercial aircraft was tentatively approved by the Wellington City Council yesterday when the report of a special committee was brought down for examination by the council as a whole. DARGAVILLE 'DROME SITE NOT YET SELECTED ; TEMPORARY GROUND Steady progress in connection with picliminary measures for ihe establishment of a-permanent aerodrome to serve Dar'gaville and ;he surrounding districts is being made. by the committee appointed for the purpose at a public meeting some weeks ago. At a meeting of the committee, the Mayor, Mr E. A. Jones, presiding, several proposed sites were considered, and a detailed report prepared by Flying: Officer S. W. Morrish was tabled. Ap-

preciation of the assistance rendered by Flying-Officer Morrish was expressed by the sub-committee appointed to make a preliminary inspection of a further arid It was decided to seek the permission of the Dargaville Pacing Club for llu lodgment of an application for the registration of Awakino Point racecourse as a temporary landing ground pending a decision as lo a permanent site for an aerodrome.