NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1923, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Dormant funds in the High Court in London waiting to be paid out tu those who can establish a legal claim to them amount to about £1.000,000. They are distributed over more than 4.300 separate accounts. Only about onetwentieth exceed £I,OOO. In 1007 the total was about £1,100.000 distributed over 3.400 separate accounts. An alphabetical list of these accounts, which have not been- dealt with since September Ist. 1907. is published in a supplement to the “ London Gazette.” This is the official account, and persons who have reason to believe they may he interested in any such fund are'cautioned against misstatements in unofficial publications dealing with lists of next-of-kin and the like. A scheme for an organised “army of tho air’’ is Using worked upon now by the French authorities, writes an air correspondent. Large multi-en-gined aeroplanes of the now programme, intended during pence time for the carriage of passengers and freight, are to be so constructed that with a minimum of time and trouble th.ev can be converted into troop ’planes. The plan provides for the formation, among infantry regiments, of “pools,” cr reserves, of small, agile men, each chosen for his suitability as a “flying soldier.” It is- hoped that on an outbreak of war a licet of big aitexpresses, complete with their skilled pilots, eoukl be tnobilsed instantly for the transport of an army.