SCHNEIDER CUP
BRITAIN LIKELY TO DEFEND IT. LONDON. Jan. 27Replying to a deputation of members of the House of Commons, including Commander 0. Locker Lampson and Sir Philip Sasson. the Prime Minister, Mr R. MacDonald, promised to .reconsider the Government’s Schneider Cup decision, and to announce the final decision in the House of Commons on Thursday, Lady Houston's offer of assistance was mentioned in I.lie course ol disciission. Mr R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the 1927-29 Schneider Cup winners, interviewed at Southampton, said that it had been left too late to design a completely new machine. Imt the existing “SO ” seaplanes could be improved. and a similar new ’plane constructed, capable of an increased speed of twenty miles per hour.
BRITISH AIR ENGINES. LONDON. Jan. 27. 'The Prime Minister received fo-nighf a deputation ol members ol I’ai lianieni interested in securing a British entry for the Schneider Cup race. Hon. Air Graham (President of the Board of Trade) stated in the House of Commons that British aeroplanes and air engines valued at l‘B46Jfoo were exported between Septemhei 1929 and December .1930.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1931, Page 6
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