Aeroplane Accidents.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1939, Page 4

Aeroplane Accidents.

Yesterday was an unfortunate one for the Marlborough Aero Club, two of its machines being damaged in accidents. One, a recently acquired Tiger Moth, is almost a total wreck and the other, a Miles Hawk, was damaged’ to a minor degree. The Tiger Moth crash occurred at the Blenheim aerodrome yesterday afternoon, when Pilot Instructor J. E. Price was giving a display of aerobatics, and the mishap to the Miles Hawk occurred at Nelson in the morning when Mr L. H. Roberts, of the Southern Cross Construction Company, experienced trouble in landing on rough ground and the undercarriage was slightly damaged. No one was hurt in either accident. Handling of Medical Services.

The suggestion that the medical services embodied in the Social Security Act should be handled by the friendly societies is contained in a motion passed at the biennial session of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Independent Order of Oddfellows, at Invercargill. The resolution, a copy of which is to be bent to the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, is that the grand lodge, though in sympathy with the humanitarian principles expressed in the Social Security Act, respectfully suggests to the Government that the Act is seriously detrimental to the friendly societies and that the medical services as embodied in the Act could and should be handled through the machinery provided by the various friendly societies operating throughout New Zealand, thus honouring to some extent the many promises of the Government to preserve their well-being and future prosperity.