NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1924, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

20 YEARS OF FLYING. LONDON, Dee. 13. To-day is the 20th anniversary of the first flight of mi engine-driven aeroplane. Contrasted with our most. recent duration record of 37 hours, this first (light lasted only 12 seconds. It was made at Kitty Hawk. North Carolina. I .S.A., by Orville Wtight. who piloted the biplane invented and built by him and his brother Wilbur. Because the dav was very cold, only live of tin- people invited arrived to see tin- (light, and for a long time alterwards there "its incredulity. Wilbur Wright died in 1012. but Orville lives In see t lie celebration of this aiiu i \ <■ rsa iy. The 10 niiles-an-lioiir pioneer aeroplanes have given place to spood-nmel-.iues which devour distance at 20ii Biib - - an hour: while plan- are in hand for -iiper-rneers which, it is believed, "ill rein-li a speed ol 300 miles an hour.

Whereas the lirsl men who Hew ventured cantiouslv tu a height of 000 feel, the latest record-breaker has climbed till lie was 30,000 feci above the surface of tin* earth. REDSKIN KM FOOLERS. NEW 'FORK December 13. Whi!» sem» 22 ve -els, comprising Bum Row. wail 12 miles o|) the coast for the advent ol foggy weather and the coming of customers for the Christmas cheer which they bear. lioliday liquor is literally pouring across the Canadian border, both in motor-ears and in boats, the hitter using the Sl Lawrence. With the boats the Indians of the 81 Regis Reservation are very active, the American Redskins receiving cargoes Irom ('jmnilbin hrelbreo and find in SC quick buyers. Rut the life ol a liquor buyer, even wlu*,i he has his cargo safe nhoaid his eiii is not pleasant. Among the roads leading to the Canadian border and through New Jersey, in quiet recesses lie the 11 Hackers or hind pirate-. These Hijackers, armed with shot-guns, rilles and revolvers. have the reputation of being disposed to shoot lirst and ask questions afterwards. WIIIBKEY OR WHISKY:* LONDON, Dee. 12 Which is the eorrecl way of spelling whisky:- A correspondent writes to The Daily Mail; I have received circulars from dit-|((i-r.nt firms giving nte their Christmas price., ol whisky. One firm I noticed -pelt the word whiskey and the otliei •spelt it whisky without the “e. The dictionaries,give no help, because they spell the word both ways. A large firm of distillers fold a reporter that either way of spelling the word is correct, but Irish whiskey >s spelt with the ”c” and .Scotch whisky without the “e.”