AIR FLYING.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright 1 j IN THE AIR. ! LONDON, Dec. 24. i The Air Ministry announces that after twelve months’ work three survey parties have explored the various zones of the Cape to Cairo flying route. They cleared aerodromes, and landing grounds about two hundred miles apart along the selected route, which follows the Nile for the greater part of the way to Khartoum, thence through Uganda. It skirts the eastern side of Lake Victoria and crosses over German East Africa, Bulawayo, Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Bloemfontein to Capetown. The aerial route is approximately 5,200 miles.
ROSS-SMITH’S JOURNEY. SYDNEY, Dec. 24. Sir Ross-Smith proposes to reach Sydney at noon on Sunday. A round of festivities is being arranged—chimes of bells, dinners, and a public welcome in the Town Hall. POULET TO CONTINUE. PARIS, Dec. 26. M. Poulet intends to continue the journey to Australia.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1919, Page 2
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