DEFENCE IN THE AIR
NEW ZEALAND’S IMPROVED AIRCRAFT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON. January 3. Handley Page Ltd. announce that New Zealand has agreed to pay a lump sum for permission to use their slottedwing device on all Government aircraft. Britain, France. India, the United States, Sweden and Finland have previously made similar agreements NEW ZEALAND’S PAYMENT OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, January 4. It is officially explained that the New Zealand Government paid a lump sum of £5500 for the right to use the Handley Page Company’s slotted-wing device on all service aircraft in the Dominion. The right to use the device will be held for ten years and the agreement is considered to be a very good bargain. In view of the number of aircraft to be equipped in New Zealand, not only will the purchase money be made up but there will be a substantial saving besides. More than half the cost will be saved within two years, while later under the projected scheme of extension the saving will be greater still.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 19999, 5 January 1935, Page 11
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178DEFENCE IN THE AIR Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 19999, 5 January 1935, Page 11
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