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AIRSHIP REPAIRING
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] OTTAWA, July 31. A St, Hubert’s message stntes R. 100: wirelessed at 4.50 p.m, that she completed temporary repairs to a damaged fin and was now making 20 knots and expected to arrive at 11 p.m. The airship was practically at a standstill in the vicinity of Quebec for some hours.
SUCCESSFUL FLIERS
(Received this day at 11 a.ro.) RUGBY, July 31. Capt. Broad and Alan Butler were the only two competitors out of 60 entrants in the air circuit of Europe to earn the maximum '270 points for flight and reliability; Carberra, another British entrant, was third with 268. Broad and Butler both used Gipsy Moths and their average speed during the 4750 miles circuit was 110 miles an hour.
Marks were also awarded for comfort and consumption, and other technical points, and tests on these begin at Berlin to-morrow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1930, Page 5
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