BRITISH EMPIRE
AIR DELEGATION
AUSTRALIAN DELEGATE
PLANES IN COMBAT
QUEEN ELIZABETH
AIRMEN IN CANADA J TRAINING OF PILOTS PLANS FOR FINANCE (United Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlptn) NEW YORK, Oct. 30 The British Empire Air Conference lo be held at Ottawa at the end of this week is expected to consider practical details for the training of pilots and for financing the undertaking, says the Ottawa correspondent of the New York Times
The training machines will be actual fighters, bombers and reconnaissance aeroplanes. Apparently hopes of procuring machines with v/hich to start the scheme are pinned on the United States. Fifteen hundred are likely to be ordered in the first instance.
The plan is expected to reach its peak in from 12 to 18 months. Canada will then rank as a major air Power since she will have at least 5000 aeroplanes and 10,000 airmen, and will be operating 100 aerodromes.
Thus the responsibility which the United States assumed when President Roosevelt guaranteed Canada against conquest will be lightened.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND COMING VISIT TO CANADA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) OTTAWA, Oct. 30 The Australian Associated Press learns that an Australian air delegation will arrive on November 1, probably accompanied by a financial officer from the New York Trade Commissioner’s office. The New Zealand mission also is expected in a few days, but the Trade Commissioner is without information. He did not expect the delegation so soon. It is understood that the delegation briefly visited important aviation and manufacturing centres in the United States and is due at New York on October 31.
ARRIVAL IN AMERICA INSPECTION OF FACTORIES SATISFACTION WITH PLANES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 1, 3.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 31 Mr Fairbairn, Australian delegate to Canada, arrived by air at Los Angeles, extremely bad weather necessitating the cancellation of his planned flight to Ottawa tonight.
He told the Associated Press that he had inspected the Lockheed factories on the Pacific coast, especially the planes which are being made for Australia, which are very satisfactory. He was also impressed by the methods of civil aviation demonstrated on the trans-continental flight. He said he had really little more information now concerning the Canadian training scheme than when he left Australia, all depending on decisions being reached at the Ottawa conference. Mr Fairbairn will entrain late tonight.
BRITISH AND GERMAN ENEMY RAIDER DESTROYED (Official Wireless) (Received Nov. 1, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 31 The Air Ministry announces:— “ Yesterday British fighters had their first opportunity to engage German bombers over French territory. “ Two enemy machines were observed flying high and were attacked by our fighters. One of the raiders, a Dornier, was shot down. The other made off in the clouds.”
The Admiralty and Air Ministry announce that an enemy seaplane was seen by Royal Air Force aircraft off Norfolk.
BROADCAST TO EMPIRE ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE •United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrtgm (Received Nov. 1. 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 31 The Queen will broadcast an Armistice Day message to the women of Britain and the Empire. She will speak for five minutes, beginning at 9 p.m. The last occasion on which the Queen broadcast was her farewell speech from Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the close of the Royal tour of Canada.
Lord de la Warr, in the House of Lords, said that 900 of 13,000 aliens are interned, compared with thousands in the last war. He added:— “ We are fortunate that at present there is no conspicuous hate.”
The British United Press’ Paris correspondent states that Mediterranean shares'boomed on the Stock Exchange as a result of the news of the Italian Cabinet changes.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20950, 1 November 1939, Page 8
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