MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 May 1924, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

BY TF.r.r.GHAPH — t'Ktt I'IIKSS ASSOCIATION-. ItI’IINKV AIRSHIP SCHK.MK. DKCISIO.N ANN<H'NCKD SHOIITLV. LONDON. April 2d. Cabinet will shortly announce it- decision on tiic airship service. It is understood that the entire Cabinet agrees upon the necessity for an atrT hip >er .ii;: e. hut several prominent members of the Cabinet do not lavonr the liurney proposals because they consider the large State subsidy thaMs required two years during the experimental stape should not he used to estahlish a monopoly for the present iii'oani-aiioii. They eontond file money could he better spent on practical experimental work anil research, includin'' the' building and equipping of a single airship for test 'flights between Britain and India, charting air ciirrents on route. Then the knowledge and experience gained could l>e fui-ni.-dmd to an unfettered market tor the British commercial development ot airships without monopolies. Whether the whole Cabinet will support this view is uncertain, but it considered possible the Government may allow the Commons a free vote on alternative schemes. In any ease there will be no extension to Australia until the Anglo-Tndinn experiments have proved successful. flight record. TTELHT. April 20. The French military airman. Daisy, has arrived at Karachi, establishing a record flight from Europe to India of 381 fl. vin g l>°n rs i