R.A.F. CADETSHIPS

Southland Times, Issue 22508, 16 February 1935, Page 4

R.A.F. CADETSHIPS

NEW ZEALANDERS’ SUCCESS. FINE RECORDS ACHIEVED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, February 15. Cabled advice received to-day shows that two more New Zealanders, Messrs Cecil Dunn Milne, son of Mrs K. Milne, of Woodcot, Te Aroha, and Joilre Gordon Fraser, son of Lieutenant-Col-onel E. G. Fraser, V.D., formerly of Auckland and now of 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 the No.l School of Technical Training at Halton in January, 1932. The young students completed a three years course in December last; both have been awarded cadetships, and are therefore eligible for entry to the Royal Air Force College, at Cranwell, to follow a 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 the success of Messrs Milne and Fraser. The young men, he said, well merited the congratulations they had received. In addition 'to being awarded a cadetship, Mr Milne took the first prizes for the grand aggregate and educational subjects, and was awarded a 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 are difficult to obtain, and are awarded only to apprentices who show most outstanding ability. 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 that training establishment last December.”