YOUNG FLYING MEN.
TWO MORE SEW- ZEALAXDERS. Christclmrch, Sept. 15. Two more pupils,of the Canterbury Aviation School—Ross Brodie, of Rangitata, South Canterbury, anil E. T. Sutherland, of Wanganui—passed their flying tests to-day, and will be drafted into the Royal Flying Corps. It is stated Sutherland will bo the first Maori to enter the 'Royal Flying Corps. The conditions laid down by "the Imperial Government provide that a candidate must bo of pure European descent. Communication, however, was established with the Imperial authorities on the point, and they agreed to accept as a pilot any candidate with Maori blood provided he was not a full-blooded Maori.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1917, Page 7
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105YOUNG FLYING MEN. Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1917, Page 7
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