IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 July 1919, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

-R34 To RETURN HOME.‘ - ‘, VIA THE SOUTHERN COURSE; 1 lteceived July 8, 8.55 a.m. ‘ A .A NEW YORK, July 7. A message from Mineola states that R 34 is expected to s-tza-rt. homeward on Tuesday, ‘taking a asjou-thern course‘, heading towards Spain. She will prob~| ably make the flight from New York _to h Baltimore and Washington previously} " R34’S NARROW ESCAPE. i Received July 8, 8.55 a.m. i NEW YORK, July 7. ' Advices fnom ‘Mimeola _stla.te Lthalt ‘ 834 was torn from her moorings by the wind. ‘Soldiers saved her in ‘the nick] of time. PETROL SUPPLY JUST SUI‘I'I=- ‘ CIENT. -NEW YORK, July 6. ! R 34 travelled 3430 sea. miles. Shel left England at 1.42 a.m. on July 2nd,; and arrived :at 9.5 am. on July l6t.h. She used up 4.884 gallons of petrol, and had sixteen gallons remaining. 1 ENGLAND To’ AUSTRALIA NEXT]! O YEAR. I NEW YORK, July 6. l Major Pritchard, a member of 9lC.llG' crew of R 34, interviewed, said: I am} convinced Britain will next. year be able to produce an airship which Will‘ fly from England to Australia, 'I'HP- KING’S CONG'rRATUIIATIONS.]‘ r LONDON, July 6. i The King telegraphled .conig‘rat’ul»a-i tions -to R 34: The splendid ;achieve'—i ment marks the beginning of an era‘ ,'vsrherein Englishspeaking people,‘ ~_el—’! lready drawn tiogefher by the vrarfwillly }'be'oven more closely united" in peace; V‘ 1? JJIRIGIBLES - PREDICTED. 2 j Geneeralllhftaiiilalnde ‘,inte'r'vie\_ved" on the arrival. of. R34_at Minesola, predicted tha.-,t.in five years’ time dirigibles. will, be cros_sing_thc Atlantic like the Lusitania. e__.Britain will be e able‘ to build dirigibles five times larger than R 34, allowing for 200 tons ofrcargo space. He understood R 33 Was -being‘: ‘prepared for-a long journey but it was 1 not known what was her destination. 1 ‘. .cCQmmander;Scott, inter\'ie_ived,_ sa,id_: “‘We are proud to have connected Bri—tain and America.” He returned the‘ i call of Commander Read, head of the ‘United States N.C. -squadron, stfafl. ‘ R-34 brought a sfssvv'away, za.vl6-year-. 1 3. old boy, who acted as cook. . I 1 N= At the Garden City, Long Island, the M »Urr.itecl ‘S2t.atcs" naval and military gave a luncheon dinner’ in honor of the ofl’ice‘rs_‘of R 34; ' '7' i ' ‘ ‘THE ‘FIRST STOWAWAY. 1 V :Received7July’B,' 10.55 a.m_' U The first aerial"stoWaWay was ‘discovered on the R 34." He ivas 'a"disnlis—sed employee named Ball'a.tyn'e." ‘He; secreted himself’ aboard} and"wa”s not found until over the Atla.ntie. .