FINANCING AIR SERVICE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 12

FINANCING AIR SERVICE

FUTURE IN DOMINION

LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY Financial aid is needed befor* a lion in New Zealand can be lo any considerable extent This was what Mr. U. EL n ark -_ of the ensinerin* staff at University College. told enxu,... students at the University ndi nn * members of the Auckland Aemrfc in a lecture last evening Lantern slides were used to -i. the trend in modern aircraft ai o,r Mr Harkness said that the could be brought un of the likeiih "' of a Government subside for air port, when there viere large spent annually on rail and road t-i 115 port. Air transport was reaih proceed, and t was not the Government to wait for -t. lor advent before coming to an raent to subsidise air services v - eipal enterprise could attend t, w' selection and the buying of a 1 - of landing-grounds An airway- x ' -ai ' ! could control aviation activities D °® r S Mr. Harkness contended that cost of preparation for air trail * ' compared with road or rail surdly small. The equipment f or a:r* dromes in all important centres £ cost probably not more than LI oha The opinions of two authorities Marshal fair John Salmond and Sou?,*' ron-Leader Kmgsford Smith, war, ,h NeWfi Zealand was admirably Mr. Harkness outlined the worth aviation for surveys, science. spurt *'£ defence. * x W ith the advance of recent ve» r , was impossible to fix anv limit' ** possibilities of aviation.