AIR SENSE
“ENCOURAGEMENT SHOULD JBE GIVEN’’ NAVY LEAGUE DEPUTATION Press Association. WELLINGTON, Thursday. Speaking at the Navy League ConI ference deputation to the Prime Min- | ister and the Minister of Defence, Sir Alexander Roberts said that the league believed that at the present time the young men of New Zealand were keen on air service, and that some encouragement should be given them to acquire an “air sense,” so that, in event of necessity, the nucleus of a body of trained and partially trained men would be available. Commercial aviation could be quickly converted into an effective defensive arm. “We realise the importance cf establishing an ‘air sense,’ ” said the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. J. Rolleston, in reply. “Only a few days ago I submitted to the Prime Minister a proposal as to a way in which the Defence Department might subsidise air clubs. You can take it that the matter is in hand and that it will be considered.” Referring to commercial aviation, j the Minister said that his own opinion, ! for what it was worth, was that New [Zealand was not so suitable for commercial aviation as w r ere other countries, such as Australia.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 287, 24 February 1928, Page 1
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199AIR SENSE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 287, 24 February 1928, Page 1
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