RECORD FOR PEACE TIME

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20929, 7 January 1938, Page 7

RECORD FOR PEACE TIME

BRITAIN’S DEFENCE VOTES

STRONGER FIGHTING FORCES EVE OF MANOEUVRES AT SINGAPORE Doited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright LONDO N, January 5. The “Star” states that Britain’s defence estimates for 1938 are already prepared, and will be submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) after the holidays. They are as follows: £ Navy 125,000,000 Army 102,000,000 Air Force 113,000,000 Air raid precautions (fiirst instalment) .. 10,000,000 The aggregate of £350,000,000 is a peace-time record. MANNING AIR FORCE UNEXPERIENCED PILOTS ENGAGED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 6, 5.5 p.in.) LONDON, January 6. The striking admission that Air Force pilots were put in hlghi speed machines before they were experienced in them, and that there was a shortage of instruments for bad weather flying, ■was made by Air Marshal Sir William Mitchell, Air Member for the Personnel on the Air Council, when speaking at the Royal United Service Institution. The shortage was due, he said, to the difficulty of production to keep pace with the demand. It is hoped to show considerable improvement in the near future.