MEMBERSHIP GRANTED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 424, 2 December 1933, Page 5

MEMBERSHIP GRANTED

WEST COAST AERO CLUB Wellington, Dec. 1. Acceptance to membership was granted the West Coast (Fouth Island) Federated Aero Club by the council of the Few Zealand Aero Club to-:!ay. Constituent clulr of the new area with their present strengths ar<=r Westport 33. Greymouth 152, Ikamatua 23, Hnkitika , 47, South V/estland Isa; Total 280. The chairman, Mr. G. M. Spence. mad', it clear that the West Coast Federated Club would be the last that would be admitted to the policy of the Defence Department being to limit the number of federated clubs to ten. It was originally eight. For geographical reasons a West Coast club was desirable, but now that New Zealand was completely covered there was no possibility of the rVp^rt mr nt recognising any other federated clubs. The official pageant for the North Island was allocated to the Hawke's Bay club and the South Island one is to be offered to the new West Coast club. On the ground of expense the meeting decided not to proceed with the scheme to instal a system of short-wave communication between clubs.