IN THE AIR

Taihape Daily Times, 27 May 1919, Page 5

IN THE AIR

o HAWKER SAVED

PICKED UP IN MID-ATLANTIC. LONDON, May 25. An Admiralty official message states that the steamer Marie has transferred Hawker and Grieve to the destroyer Woolston, which is proceeding to Thurso. AVAITORS IN GOOD HEALTH. LONDON, May 25. The Admiralty states that Hawker and Grieve are in good health, They were picked up in latitude rO.SO N., longitude 30W., after alighting cjoe'e to the steamer Marie. ENGINE TROUBLE CAUS&S STOP. LONDON, May 25. Admiralty official.—Hawker alighted owing to a stoppage in the circulation water pipe between the radiator and the pump. The exact position was 50.20 north, 29.30 west. Another report states that Hawker and Grieve were in the water 90 minutes. AVIATORS GET CONSOLATION PRIZE, Received 10.40 a.m. LONDON, May 26. The Daily Mail has awarded Hawker and Girieve a consolation prize of £SOOO. FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. A USTRALIAN 'S ATTEMPT. Received. May 27, 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, May 26. A Sopwith-Dove aeroplane of eighty horsepower Lerhone engine, has been entered for tho Australian flight. Bert Sinkler, an Australian pilot, hopes to make the final landing at his mother's home, near Sydney.