Wairarapa Daily Times [Established 50 Years.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925. GERMAN COMPETITION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 April 1925, Page 4

Wairarapa Daily Times [Established 50 Years.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925. GERMAN COMPETITION.

A cable which we published yesterday contained a reference by the Leader of the Labour Party at Home to the menace of German competition. There is not the slightest doubt that Germany will before long be again supreme in the trade of the world. She is making great headway in regard to commercial aviation, a hint in regard to which was given last week in our cable news. The development of German commercial aviation is continuous. The initial results obtained induced their leading

Hhe head of whidlPTs:- Junker, to undertake the realisation of international, aerial lines, the exploitation of which would be assured by a group of companies, mostly German, which would operate under the style of Trans-Europa-Union, This scheme will give Germany the most powerful air liect in the world. The problem of finding thc;n.ecessary staff will not be a, difficult one to solve. The Germans have not to submit to any restriction as regards instruction relating to pilotage,’ and aviation'schools have been opened practically all over the' country. Twenty-two such schols are known to exist at the present moment. There exist, however, in most German towns, associations' which afford instruction and training to youths in the pilotage of motorless ’planes. Prom this we may draw the following conclusion:—Ger-. many could within a few months manu-; facture thousands of airplanes, and continue to do so at the rate of .5000 machines, at least, per month. Her commercial aviation will soon be strong enough to constitute the backbone of this air fleet. Finally, the necessary pilots are preparing for the task which they may soon have to perform. German aviation cannot at the present moment show all its’ active strength, and the means of production which they but the Germans work hard in silence, have at their disposal will enable them whenever they wish, to undertake the mass production of a very large number of air machines.