THE AERODROME

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 35, 12 July 1939, Page 5

THE AERODROME

O— BUYING AWAKERI SITE EFFORT BY COUNCIL Stressing that the borough was in no way responsible for the delay, but -that it looked as though the Govern. ineiit had lost interest in the matter, the Mayor Mr B. S. Barry, at .Monday night's meeting of the Who. katane Borough Council, detailed :steps which the town elerk had taky when attention was drawn to the Vfact that the site of the proposed aerodrome at Awakeri was to be auo. -tioned. Mr Saunders had got in touch with TNIr R. H. P. Ronayne, District Public Works Engineer, and had stressed the fact that a saving of perhaps &10 1 acre would be made .if: the land ..purchased now. • > He j had also ▼ answered some criticism, of the'suitability of the block, and Mr Ronayne had agreed to give an answer immediately on his return, from Wellington next week. That did not give much time before the sale. Mr Barry said that the position -seemed to be that there was an aero--drome at Opotiki and one at Tau. ranga t and that the Government was not worrying about one at Whakatane. (gp Cr C. S. Armstrong suggested thai < ""they get in touch with Mr A. G. Kultquist M.P. who was in Welling, ton. Cr A. J. Canning said that the engineers had agreed that the site was "ideal. It was not the council's fault an aerodrome had not been acciuired, though the public m'ght f think it was. The authorities d : d .not seem to be doing anything to l 'Assist them. ; : ' Cr Canning seconded Cr Arrti'. ijupUoW, which .was varried.