BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

[Kcuter Telegrams.] .NOVEL A Hi TESTS. LONDON Oct. 11. When the airship R. 33 was taken to its shed and attached to a mooring, mast to-night, the monoplane D.H. S:J was observed attached to the bottom of the hull by means of a special fitting resembling a trapese. It was explained that this is the prelude to a novel experiment of launching the plane' in mid-air. while HAS is in (light. She is now awaiting favourable weather. The Air Ministry are attaching considerable importance to the experiment, and are preparing the way to convert airships into veritable hornets nests a large mnnlier of places may Ik* died. The experiments will consist of the monoplane unattaeliing and reattaching itself to tin- airship. It will he necessary to regulate the speed of the plane to that of H.. 13. The experiments will help to test the possibility ef utilising an airship as a carrier. Ihe trials will le carried out at a height of six thousand foot. ORGANISE PROSPERITY. A I’ROFI-'.SSOH’S VIEWS. LONDON, October IF UrolVssor Keynes, addressing the Manchester Branch ot the Federation i,f British Industries demanded that the Government should begin to organise prosperity. It was no longer true there was world depression. The Enited States had never had such unmitigated pro-perity. It was not that Britain’s customers, with the exception of Chinn were abnormally impoverished. ■'The Home trade.” he said, •- is good on the whole. The foundations of prosperity do exist. The reason lor unemployment is that the Bank „f England ha- seized the opportunity to restrict credit, with a view to lowering prices, in the interest of‘the dollar exchange. Our manufacturing costs, measured in gold, are higher than those of our chief competitors. It is purely a matter of monetary ad jus ti merit. i -‘There is a school of sensible ceon- ' omists. including Sir H. McKenna, 1 and Sir A. Moud. which believes pros--1 peri tv is more important than dollar exchange. It. is pledged to stiimilato new capital, and encourage business policy. In the, early stages, this probability will lead to loss, but the risk - must be taken to prevent the suicide 1 policy winning.”

THE NEW 11 ELK’OUT ER. LONDON, October HI. An extraordinary sensation resulted from the vertical descent of a helicopter at T'arnhorough. It was vividly described by Pilot Courtney. “ After rising thirty lent,” In* said, “ it required great faith to loutinue. All the while, I was thinking what was going to happen. However, 1 continued up to a thousand I eel. The descent

was even more trying, it being practically vertical. 1 had all the sensations of [leading for an obvious crash till 1 was within ten or fifteen feet of the ground. It was thoroughly alarming and unpleasant to see the ground 'making up at you vertically, hut my fears were unnecessary, i(ho machine grounding with the greatest ease, and running for a few yards before becoming stationary.”

This machine is Scnor Ciervn, the Spanish designer’s Autogyro machine. It is entered for the Air Ministry’s fifty thousand sterling Experts believe tlial this helicopter will solve the problem of vertical flying. making it possible to ascend and descend in big cities.