BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S AIR POLICY.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 March 1923, Page 1

BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S AIR POLICY.

i.KVKI.OBMKNT OK HOME DKKKVCK. I.OXDON l-’eli 7. The third British B.irhametit of ill Air was o;;< ued by the Lord Mayor o Kendon at the Guildhall yesterday. I w:i- the third ; initial Air Coni’'.-r- m e milled by il--’ Ail’ Ministry, and ii object was the din tr-sinu by jvpn :-eii tatives of all '-eel inns of the commim;;. of the problems of the air. in rannul! wai’. and the hearing el the report from experts of proe.i 1 - made- duriie the past year. Tire poiii-.v of the prevent Govornimvi wiih regard to the air v. as. suggest!-! rather than out lined by Kir Kamil- | lii-ii e. Secretary for Air. who |-n -id o.i at tie- oneniug session. I util v got out of the present nlmnsphctc <■ wars and rumours oi wars, he -aid we <ould not allord io lei our air do joiu-es fall below Hi • Empire- lived.' Whether we liked it or mil the great' jowl of i!iv national ex; audit ui" -ipo: air mu', for the present go for hem aml Imperial dele nee. Ii - was determined however, lo do vi*!,>j:■ a consistent civil aviation policy \jt hough he could not go inLo (imaliIn- would S’tiggc-i the lines on w hi.-b 1 - thought had been irinvlling. Realising the impuriatuc >" t<— and tie- maiut "ame -el“ the nireivif m dii'lrv. his ii r t official act lmd u " obtiiiii Govc-rnnu.-nt permis-nm to go oi will: the Home Defence dev. lupine,, scheme. IB- Imped I hat this won! ..■ive a stimulus to the air industry. With regard to the cross-Channel "r vices be d-sired to base his “policy <-i these broa-.l foundation.**; that •_ lucf should he a period o’ i onlraetsuffi,"• lv long to enable th- operating - • •' panics to sink capital nlid develop th. i l-oute. and that there Humid be » Hu!-- Government, inter!) ax-nre as p"sil.le He was also very anxious t< -aa- a start made with an Imperial ai: ,-outer, either by aeroplane or airship.