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FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, February 25. The Minister of Defence is showing practical interest in the use of the aeroplane for defence purposes. The officers now in England have been commissioned to collect all available information relating to aviation. , EXPENSIVE SOUVENIRS. PEASANTS DEMOLISH AN AEROPLANE. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. London, February 25. While competing for the Paris Bourse's aeronautical prizes, M. Loridau landed in a field at Rhcims. He left his aeroplane unguarded while he went to lunch, and on returning found only the motor and damaged metal work remained. The peasants, thinking the aeroplane had been abandoned, had broken it up, and taken away the parts as souvenirs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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113ÆROPLANING Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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