STANNIC BOMBS
ROYAL AIR FORCE PRACTICE AT LAKE GRASSMERE. DANGERS TO BIRD LIFE DENIED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) BLENHEIM, This Day. An advance party has arrived to make arrangement for the first squadron camp of the Wellington Territorial Squadron of the Royal Air Force which will be held at the Blenheim Aerodrome during the succeeding fortnight. Discussing the use of Lake Grassmere which is a bird sanctuary, for bombing practice, against which the Marlborough Acclimatisation Society is protesting, members of the party reiterated the opinion that ducks and swans would not be seriously affected. The trouble was that the nature and effect of the stannic bombs, which it is proposed to use, were not understood. It was explained that they were not explosive bombs in the generally accepted sense of the word, but merely containers of a liquid that emitted smoke on contact, causing no harm whatever. They are commonly used in England on bird sanctuaries and bird life disregarded them completely. Lake Grassmere, on account of its extensive flat surface, is ideal for observing bombing practice. The Blenheim Acclimatisation Society is now leaving the matter in the hands of the Internal Affairs Department.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 November 1938, Page 6
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