PLIGHT TO INDIA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 251, 17 July 1919, Page 5

PLIGHT TO INDIA

4 R33 TO START NEXT. WEEK (By Telegraph-Presß Association-Oonyrierht (Kec. July 16, S.lO p.m.) London, July 15. E33 will begin the Might to India next week.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , AIRSHIP DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING CREW OF TWELVE LOST. (Rec. July 16, 5.5 pm.) J.";' : • London, July 15. Coast-dwellers at Cromer saw. a glare, in the sky, and a burning tass fall into the sea. Airship wreckage' has been washed ashore at Shcriugkam. A coastal airship, with twelve of a crew, from pulhaui, is missing. It is believed to have been struck by lightning—Aus.N.Z. C'a'blo Assn. Later. N.S. 11 was struck by lightning and the crew of twelve were lost.—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. (Eec. July 7, 0.45 a.m.) London, Julv 16. It is confirmed that airship N.5.1l was blown up in Norfolk.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITAIN TO INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA PEIZE OF JlOOfl OFFERED BY "DAILY EXPRESS." . (Eec. July 16, 11.5 p.m.) London, July 16. The "Daily Express" offers a prize of .£IO,OOO for a commercial reliability airship or aeroplane for a return flight from Britain to India and .South Africa, carrying a minimum of one ton. The Australian flight is excluded owing to the Commonwealth's earlier offer. Competitors will to judged on reliability and airworthiness. The competition aims at establishing tho fact. that India and South Africa, despiio tho shortage of shipping, are easily communicable from London.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.