OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1930, Page 5

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

QUEEN OF SPAIN

ENGLISH VISIT ENDS

(Official A\ T ireless)

RUGBY, November 24

The Queen of Spain, who has been visiting England privately, accompanied by her daughters, left Victoria station this morning for Pans on her return to Spain. The Prince of Wales, Prince Arthur of Connaught, the Princess Beatrice, the. Marquis and Alarchioness of Carisbrooke, and the Spanish Ambassador were at the station to hid the Royal party farewell. OFFICIAL NAVAL. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO GO TO PANAAIA. RUGBY, November 24. The visit which the Comniander-iu-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Sir Aliehael Hodges, will pay at the invitation of the United States Government to the Commander-in-Chief ■of tTie United States Fleet, at Colon, Panama, will take place from February 23 to February 28. At that time tlie United States Fleet will he carrying out their spring exercises near Colon. Previously H.AI.S. Nelson, together with H.AI.S. Rodney, H.AI.S. Hawkins, H.Af.S. York, H.AI.S. Dorsetshire, H.M.S. Norfolk and H.Af.S. Adventure will visit the AYest Indian islands, including Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad,' Demerara and British Guiana.

AIR FORCE MACHINES.

EXPLORATION OF UNKNOAVN COUNTRY.

RUGBY, November 24

The flight of three Fairey aeroplanes which lias been making an exploration trip over hitherto unvisited portions of AYest Africa, left Bathurst. Gambia, to-day on their return journey to Khartoum. They had been engaged, upon a five weeks’ investigation of air routes, starting on October 14.

During the outward flight, one machine was forced to make a descent in a bush. A native runner was sent ICO miles for assistance, and the machine was drawn thirty miles through the bush for repair. By working day and night, for four days, with the assistance of a resident at Kano, the airmen were able to continue the flight according to schedule. Three hundred natives were engaged in clearing the ground to enable the machine to take off.

This is the first occasion on which land machines of the Royal Air Force have visited Gambia. 1

Tbe distance from Khartoum, in the Sudan, across tbe continent to Gambia j 9 about 3600 miles, and represents a portion of Africa that has scarcely over been explored before.