TIME FLIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 711, 10 July 1929, Page 8

TIME FLIES

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... . .. • ' - - - ' ‘ . record for endurance Sights has 3*** = ii Oi.o by .*0 atrsaa IBK in me monnpiaai. City cf fasiic- for rit-i-g arrpfeae t*s-j —lie caferrar is tie oeh as it Wc-re. as ng as they ttune u» endure and 'creak each ocher* —— ’" tu-. ran Os. tAiag »c taa expect to see u the fsirxre.— TTMBUCKTU. Friday Tse Ctiy of landed today a-*' - - r--:aiirg all tr<Kr inro I-. had —» -.»d J£ the air for 15 year?, focr Ec=!±a, < i*,-, 3 io=rs 14 aecoed* Tm mkx «. piaiced rial ise ta-i c ;ae 6c•wx te v=. wietier :i —3.= Ci-r-aj or 3.- ie bad dropped his nlrrwlai c»er ioard in IS*2 and i’i ios: c :-rn: ““-h, -ears afier that.

A search 34 old newspaper fcl«£ enclosed tiie year of his taie-cf as 150 There is every prospect of an r»* mediate attempt be ms mate Lt break bis recordAnd after tins we shall Bodwthwhf see record-breaking ffigkts beitz made nearer home. WELLINGTON. Monday. An attempt to break the endurance dig in record is to be cosiaeaoei here today by Mr. O G. Guinn. When interviewed Mr. Coma explained that the reason he was making the Lgh* over Wellington was that such a c-r- ---; cinstance would give n.ni every incentive and force him to use every an and means he had of staying cj as long as he possibly could. And then it win naturally lead to this: CHRISTCHURCH, Today. - t t: I ~ • . -- ' - ' Martha Grib bit Mr L -arah. applied for a decree nisi against her cu=cai>i George Henry Gribble, on the grinds | of cesertlonCtKinsei for petitioner explained that soon after Mrs. GrftMc i marriage her Instead, an aviator, bad decided to make an attempt on thi endurance dying record. This was 40 years ago. and he hade t cam* Gowa yet. Counsel understood that there was a charge of vagrancy against him also, for Living no visible means of sapport. His Honouri Yes. and when fee comes down we'll send him up. Sensation- i A decree nisi was granted, to be made absolute if the husband failed to come down in the next three months. These endurance flyers could made of practical use to tee community, too. AUCKLAND, Today Half a dozen airplanes are now circling over the Waite mata m individual attempts to break the en-iur-ance flight record. They have bees up for nearly five years, and there is no prospect of any of them cuni>S cowp for many generations. A prominent Auckland architect and civil engineer says that the circcastacces make the time ideal for the commencement of the harbour bridge, using the sky-hock’’ method : of construction.

Steel ropes attache-; to these sixplanes will support, the centre span? indefinitely. A Government ccminission is being sent to inquire into tite proposal.