R101 ENQUIRY

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1930, Page 5

RlOl ENQUIRY

[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

(Received this dav at 1.5 p.m.)

LONDON, Nov. 6,

At the airship inquiry Simon and Motor e-Br a b azo n pointedly era is examined witnesses regarding the alleged lack of trials. The latter asked whether Sir John Higgins if lie had dismissed Lord Thomson’s urgjvnt pressure from his mind would lie have ordered the start for India after one trial in view of the airship haying practically a new arrangement of gasbags, including a change of one and also in view of its running for the first time with five engines while it had not fully tested with four. Sir John replied that if anyone hail thought the trial unsatisfactory he would have no difficulty iii telling Lord Thomson.

Air Vine Marshall Doweling denied cutting clown the trial flight clue to “rush,” and added he had instructed Wing Commander Col more to carry out full power trials as sood as possible after leaving for India and if they were unsatisfactory the airship could return. He added the fact that the engines were running at a cruising speed until the crash showed the instructions were not followed. He did not know the reasons for that.