UNFORTUNATE AEROPLANE.
THE PROPELLER MISSING.
The Defence Department's gift, aeroplane lias gone to Auckland, andhopes were held that it would bo seen in aetion at the military tournament, lm» has Jiot been the case, . however, • tor the acroplo.no is still Without the propeller. When tte gift was shipped from fingland this important part was omitted Upon arrival of the aeropiano instructions were immediately sent for tho omission to bis rectified, fliul a propeller duly eawo to hand, it is believed, liy the Tainuj, which nr« rived in Wellington en Dwnaltcr 21. The bill of Wing has reached tlto Befence Depattimmt, Imt not the propelkr. Anxious telegrams havo b«?tt. l)V the Department, from Auckland, w'fiiriß the hasty dispatch of tho e»-iiM|>or-titnt part, for Im-ut. HaiiiMond awaits Vnt General Godlry's consent to nuiko a trip in tho machine. It has ali bw-n of no avail, and it is now icared that the propelkr has lieeii lost on the wharf owing: to tiie congestion of cargo. A man frow the Defence Department lws been WiiU-hiim fot it on tho wharf every day, but has not seen it conic from tho ship. . __, ,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 4
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188UNFORTUNATE AEROPLANE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1650, 6 January 1914, Page 4
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