IN PERIL 5000 FEET UP.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 205, 1 September 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

IN PERIL 5000 FEET UP.

THRILLING ADVEXTPRE OF TWO ARMY AVIATORS. A mlitary aeroplane was smashed on the morning of .Juno 16. the occupant* —an officer of the Gordons and a pilot —having a thrilling experience. At an altitude of oOOOft. the engine refused to work, and the machine fell. Control was secured just before striking a field. The p ; lot and observer escaped serious injury. RUSSIA. A yea;- ago the Russians beat A great and masterly lvtreai. Superbly handled, ffhJe it backed. That mighty host remained intact. Yet still our pessimists in doubt Sighed dolefully—"Rule Russia out !'" Meanwhile •with dogged soul th? Rear—' Made preparations in his lair All Russia laboured hour by hour To strengthen and increase her power Securing conquest, at the price Of rigorous s.'lf-sacrilice. And new the surging torrent hum*. Again the conquering Cossack comes. Obstruction and resistance va'n, To fly, the broken ioe is fain. Vaster and mightier than bofore The great steam-roller comes once more. -JESSIE POPE, in thj "Daily Express." CLOSE GIAIUV A young office- wanted to see that bis mi n, guarding a stretch of ra-lway line, were doing their duty. So he crept up behmd one of them on a dar': night, only to find threepence shoved noiselessly : nto his hand. " Mine's stout," said th.< -entry without turning round, "but d.m't make Kiicii a blink : n' row about it next time.''