SERIAL NAVIGATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 174, 27 August 1909, Page 2

SERIAL NAVIGATION.

FREXCII GOVEItXMEXT GRANT. By Cable. —Pres.. ..^aociation. —Copyright Paris', August 25. Thp French Government has increased tlic Minister of War's credit by half a million francs for dirigible balloons. THE EXPERIMENTS AT RHEIMS. j MR. LIjOV D-OEOR< i ICS IMPRES- | SIOXS. j London, August '25. Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, interviewed in London, «aid he thought the experiments at lliichis were a great triumph for the Americans. The Wright machine was the surest and most dependable of all. ■ With the other machines he was always half nervous with an apprehension that they might descend at any moment. Mr, LloydGeorge added: '"How I wished we were doing more towards this work which I mav alter the history of the world."

WORLD'S RECORD ESTABLISHED. !X THE AIR R)R NEARLY THREE HOURS. s Received 2(1, 9.30 p.m. Paris, August 20. Li connection with the Itheinis tests, M. Paulhan established a world's record, remaining in the nir for two hours 43 minutes 28 seconds, covering 81 2-5 miles. During the last portion of the (light he gallantly contended with the rain and a high wind until the petrol was exhausted. Mr. Latham covered 18'/ 3 miles in 32 miuutes.