INQUISITIVE BALLOONISTS.
NOT WELCOMED IN FRANCE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received April 8, 8.10 a.m. Paris, April 7. The frequency with which German balloons are crossing the frontier has led France to levy high duties. Four which alighted in French territory yesterday bad insufficient funds to pay the doty, and the balloons were confiscated. Another balloon dropped near Antwerp Citadel. After a denial at first the aeronauts confessed they were German officers.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9415, 8 April 1909, Page 5
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73INQUISITIVE BALLOONISTS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9415, 8 April 1909, Page 5
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