STRATFORD DECIDES TO FORM AERO CLUB

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 40, 22 June 1929, Page 5

STRATFORD DECIDES TO FORM AERO CLUB

COMMITTEE SET UP ) CONTROLLING BODY FOR THE PROVINCE SUGGESTED. AN-ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING. There, was a fair attendance of local people at-the meeting held at Borough <Jouhcil .Chamber lust night for. tne purpose of disoussmg the formation of an Aero Club and the matter of an aviation base tor Taranaki. Deiega- *:' 'Qtets were present irom the Mew Plymouth and Hawera Aero Clubs, as .* "follows:—Hawera: Drs. Buist and Thomson, Messrs.W. C. Walkiey, W. G. Strange, .0. Freyberg, F. V. LyBons, F. Latham and F. W. Horner; New Plymouth : Messrs H. V. S. Griffiths (Mayor, and president of the Club), G. M. Spence (chairman), J. 6. Cbnnett (vice-president), S. E, Nielson (secretary), J, W. Winfiela (Mayor, of Inglewood, and vice-presi-dent). Apologies' for absence were Jv received from a; number of local bod-, ■ ies and members of the ,two Aero Clubs. . , A resolution affirming the desirability of forming an Aero Club in Strata ford was passed and a committee wa» ■ jet up.to search out a suitable landing ground. , • .'. It was decided t 0 form: a committee to explore the possibility of forming a provincial body to look after the interests of aviation. ; ; *