BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 1 April 1927, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS

[RY TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] HINCKLEII’S FLIGHT. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. March 31. Rain and high winds are delaying Hinckler’s “round Britain flight” which apart from a spectacular nonstop aspect will he a useful guide to the capabilities of a little 80 h.p. circus engine for ihe Australian flight. Bench tests give reason for the greatest optimism. The engine is equal to twelve hours’ continuous flight tit 8o miles hourly. To permit this Hi tickler has removed the lorcsoai and has filled the whole cockpit with a loaf shaped petrol tank, holding (JO gallons. His mechanical ingenuity is evidenced in many special gadgets, including, his own patent fool-proof joystick, also his own designed petrol hand pump, with which he can fill up at stopping places without disembarking. Hi tickler is not keeping it a rigid itinerary. While the conditions arc good, the engine running well, and daylight lasts, he will push on to the limits of human endtiranec. For general guidance he has chartered the follow ing route: —Lyons. Rome, Athens, Aleppo. Baghdad, Basra, .Task. Karachi. Allahabad, Calcutta. Rangoon, Motilmoin, Alcrgin. Victoria, Point Penang. Singapore, Muntink, Batavia.- Sourabaya, Bima, Kiipttng, Atamboa, Darwin Sydney, lie will probably visit other States after a rest in Sidney.

EXCAVATION KIND. CAIRO. Man It 51. f'cei, birth, excavating at Bokhara, ha disnnrrid a most remarkable pre- ;,;>• iti t.'Mill. It belongs to the third dua l', and <• - 11 1.-• < ll - remarkable por- ! j-;i -: King En.-a !, builder of Stepp.’ r Tie' i' •, .eliof sculpture is ,j. ( . i i:- -r vi-; ibb-.'sc. ci i d A number of oil.• - -■ 1 i• i■ - remain to In explored. Fill K AT WOOi WM !! AB>EN ULONDON. Manh 31. A serious (ire broke out at the Woolwich. Arsenal close lo the danger zone, whore there were thousand.-, of tons of high explosives, shells, grenades and detonators stored sullki.nl to destroy South London. The flames were visible for miles round, and many mothers woke their children and took them lo Pi'umstcad Cniniiioii lor safety, whence they watched the blaze. Fortunately the fire was confined to the storeroom for gas masks and the oil tanks nearby, though it was necessary to flood the powder magazines as a precaution. GERMAN SPORTS. ROMR, March 31. Germany will participate in Schneider Cup competition for the first time since the war.