The Aerial Highway.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1914, Page 5

The Aerial Highway.

WORLD-WIDE ACTIVITY. EXPLORING BY AIRSHIP. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Presh Absooiahon. I Berlin, February 21. I Herr (.1 ratio, who lias had considerable experience in flights in the tropics, is organising an exploration of the Kaiser William Territory in New Guinea by means of a Parseval airship. ARMY EXPENDITURE. - London, February 21. . . I The Supplementary Estimates include £210,000 for excessive expenditure (duo to the accelerated progress of aviation services). FLIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA* Sydney, February 21. j There was a great crowd at the Randwick racecourse to witness Hawker’s flights, which were highly successful. Exhibitions were given of high flying, spiralling and volplaning. Lord Denman and Miss Strickland were among the passengers who made (lights. FLYING AT CORE., Gore, February 21. Scotland, the New Zealand aviator, successfully flew in his Caudron biplane from Invercargill to Gore on Friday evening, the flight occupying about 20 minutes and the average speed being over a mile a minute. A demonstration took place on the Gore Show grounds on Saturday afternoon, and was witnessed by a. large and very enthusiastic crowd. It proved a most successful flight, lasting a quarter of an hour. He flew several times round the show ground. 'I ho maximum height was about 600 ft, and the speed about 55 miles per hour. 1