IF IT WAS A QUESTION OF DROPPING A BOMB
WELLINGTON, Dec.10. "If it was a question of dropping a bomb, the necessary precaution& would have been carried Out years ago. This is Just as important," said Mr. H. W. Youren, a member of the Royal Commission on the sheep indtistry, commentihg this mornihg when evidence was given auour tne nos'sibility of carryihg out to-p. dressing»and planting: oi mu couniry from, aircraft. A committee from the Soii Coh-1 servation and Rivers Contro! Council had been set un and it was nonecl that the first trials would b;e made early next year, the ehairman of the couricil, Mr. W. L. Newnham, said in evidence to the commission. The experiments wouid be made with R.N.Z.A.F. aircraft, the date of the undertaking to be deiermined by the availability of the aircraft and labour.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 December 1947, Page 5
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