NEW ZEALAND AVIATOR'S FATE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1464, 12 June 1912, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND AVIATOR'S FATE.

■MISiSING^IN^HEMRISH; SEA?®! ■ .■ ■■■'" "'■? ■■•■■-"'; ..";•;■■*••■ • '/■.■.■;::.''-,- , '. , .', |, :.:- ! ;.^.:.'' :;.In-«ApTif. I^ iscHß«dl;':howV-h"i''Mri')fAllcn , ,"i;m , ;; attempting ■bojiiiake;.'a;, (lights , in* aeroplane.- from 'iHeii'doiiFidiOiidonJJtOj.DuWin^httd , ' set. out tho- Irish Channel, Rafter,.;- passing ;Holifhead"'jbii.JAp i riKlßis; : lt-now : appears ■that;,: !A.!!enVwaS'?sC--New.{ Zealander-r , '3[r^ ; Daui'er£. i K(;slie'':'AHcn : ,v;.a , -:Son , .- of tho ':late- i .Di%- ; AlleniV;of:;>."apier,A'He:,wns born %t 'Jtimerictei.ii^'lß7s; ; s and , -;was ; . educated Ho came to New i'ZeaJand.'mslSMjjgoi'rigito.eiijilawkols Bay Mwiv'.-Dinj'iiis*;■cailet,-.; and ■' nftcnvnrds to : .the s niiiies; ■ :.thcre. his ['eng'in^Viiig^j'nbi.lities./'procurod.'^liim:' , a irgp.od ! ! , - , 'ap , pDi!iti>icnt , '^iri'- ; -:-Meßsrs.'; i ."-l i, i , as*r , s :.\vovkshqjis.?iir.A\ickla!Kl';;.', Ifc.-wa's. fond of •;cyclhig^-aiid ,'.>:. Ijeeaiiio; !:■;'foiirth:;'.; amateur Auekslian\!;; to ■'Loiidonvfandistayed': at ; fsa'.'five;. , years till jli'e. ,,,; had; , * , seeure<li;his;'.chi«f'S:.. , --. , certificate, JaiuKalso-.the.i.Boavd of.' Trade's' certifis,cat|siV,ssre3srs'.:*'J?ian(l\E.'' Hall'then em-:-p,loj;ea J 'him'.lfor^tw;dsyears.'. : :*Hc made an Veiigiiieering tour, through the East with the /'object.;:.'.of;intro(hicing : ',u , fifiigeratvug ma-'chinwjv'irit'o-tK'eWayies,there,,:and in this .:he : iyakvmost ; ; i successfu!.* : "He''\vas enter•taVn&d'by, thd;.Chineso;Admivals; also by 'AdnuraUiTpgoli in'v Japan; ? and ''obtained 'accesSiMnto. dock-yards by■■ their ■ courtesy. ■V 'On' ,, , returning .to' Europe, .Mr.. Allen met irelatiyes-in: , Rangoon;?.-and■ win the • polo •■eupi-andvother ■ steeplechases ■.■there? Being ■sfond"'bf..;-horse-racingi- , he . was'-afterwards 'nominated-.as"ai eentlcman ,, - , rider, in. Irc-vlandu-byf'the- Marquis of: Waterford, .In ■19O9.:he;.married.a daughter , .'of Mr.; James :Lomdon':bns)kei' > ;V..and filteredJintd/'partnorship..with Mr;-A, J. 'Jtajinnis./fi'as.'eonsulting'i.enKineer,.:. 1 ;: In .■Becemberi; 19il, ;: vhe i :obtuiiied--; hisv-pilot certificate' ivom" the:.R,qyal-.- Aero ,- Club. ; :His: greatest wislf wa3 to fly the. Irish Channel .'to his' native , ■; land..;:, H« ■ left L ?llendon;.on'i'April' 17;' ; reaching ' Chester |?that'«veningii-accoiup_lishing..the. 170 mile 9 l : in : .;ii.nderi.three:h'o«rsV: , i On the next morn-,'ing,''iie^.left:'ChesteV,;irand'-was last seen iiby.'.Gaptain'',yinceii(:?of,tho Donald Currio. Airier?.;-Zealand,' i.flyirigVbvcb I 'his'; steamer '"..i*"*;■."=> >' ■V.'His-'-.little*.daughter:--survives'-'; him, ,, , in ■:LondQri',',.and--.iri-;-N«w,Zealand--.are . his mother.-.and.'twi),'-unmarried sisters in iHawko's'.Bayj'--three married .'sisters, Mrs. H. : .L. Shield,■■■ Mrs. ': Kinross.AVhite,' and i-Mrs';-E?.D. ; :■■Holt-,(Cape Runaway), and 'hisvpnly'-brdtheriiMr.- J. :H. Allen, who ■ was-'for'some'years a,.well-known, gentle!,mau/..riderjn New Zealand. v ; . : . :?.;; £ ;' ; ; V: ■