AVIATION EXPANSION
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Bigger Staff Quarters at Wigram HOUSING FOR 80 MORE MEN
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CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Some idea of the extent to which the Government intends to expand the aviation arm of the defence system is given by the decision to add two new wings to the existing staff accommodation at the Wigram aerodrome. Plans are being prepared and tenders, it is expepted, will be called soon. The two new wings will house 80 singlo airmen and aircraftsmen. Already there is accommodation for 80 so that when completed the new buildings will bring the total available accommo- ' dation to 160, a big establishment even measured by overseas standards. It is believed all the plant at Wigram, including the offices, hangars and repair facilities, will Bhortly be increased to an extent commensurate with the projected increase in accommodation for the personnel. For more than a year now there has been a steady development at Wigram but the Iatest proposal is taken to indicate a rapid aeceleration of development there.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 10, 27 January 1937, Page 5
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