PROTEST BY PROGRESS LEAGUE
Southland Omitted From
Lancaster’s Itinerary
A strong protest against the omission of Invercargill and other Southland towns from the itinerary of the Royal Air Force Lancaster bomber will be made to the Minister of Defence (Mr Jones) by the Southland Progress League. A copy of the letter of protest to Mr Jones will be sent to Mr W. M. C. Denham, M.P. “In spite of our representations to the Minister we have been turned down,” said the president of the league (Mr A. W. Jones) yesterday. The omission of Southland from the Lancaster’s itinerary was another illustration of the lack of consideration which was invariably shown to the province, he stated. It was apparent that not much thought had been devoted to the arrangement of the itinerary. By visiting Queenstown the aircraft had touched the fringe of Southland and when the immense distances that the plane had already travelled were considered it was regrettable that the plane had been unable to spend a comparatively short time flying over Southland. ,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19441107.2.57
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 25514, 7 November 1944, Page 5
Word Count
173PROTEST BY PROGRESS LEAGUE Southland Times, Issue 25514, 7 November 1944, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.