IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3358, 10 December 1919, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

FLIGHT _TO AUSTRALIA. MORE COMPETITORS START. Receive;-._..8.45 am. 0 Howell al'l"iVed at Jaranto on thg_Bth and is lea.ving.;fol' _Sud'a. Bay, ill_._Crete, to-day. H _ Wilkins’ "kangaroo engine gave trouble oi? Crete on the Stll,.bu't_hc.re'tul'nc(l to Sllda B-my safely. ‘ .Iv’OUILE’I‘ AT MOULMEIN. ‘ ’' ALLAHABAD, Dec. 9. Boulzit landed lat ?»I’<.-ulmein, at 10 o’clock on the Bth. 7 THE BRITISH -AIRME-N. RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS ‘ ' COMPLETE. _ T Received 11.25 am. -

- MELBOURNE, This Defy. The Defence Department have made; arar-n.gernents for the’ flight "of arriving airmen acl'oss Australia from Darwin to Melbourne, via Clomcurry, Charleville, Bourke and Albury, where there will be stores of petrol. Flying oflficers to advise the fliers will be established at variousq stations. ~ This upsets the original‘ proposals regarding landing. There will be a public reception at Brisbane arjrl Sydney. PORT DARWIN, This Day. _ The Warships Sydney left yesterday to patrol the airnlen’s route between Darwin and Timor. Everything is =pl'opar€'d for landing at Darwin in an Imndred acre clearing near Beaeht.