AUSTRALIA BY AIR

Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIA BY AIR

POULET'S UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE. ' gCHAT THE NATIVES THOUGHT. Py Ulegrtph.—Preu Aim.—Copyright, 1 Received Not. 17, 7.55 p.m. Paris, Nov. 16. Lient. Etienne Poulet telegraphs from Karachi that he was compelled to use firearms against natives, who regarded him, and his mechanic as devils, and fried to kill tnem. —Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [A prize of £IO,OOO has been offered fey the Commonwealth Government to the first Australian airman to fly from Britain to Australia. Mr. W. M. Hughes, In the House of Representatives on October 9, said that the flight must be completed within 720 consecutive hours, ending not later than midnight on December jll, 1020. . Any point in Australia would suffice as a final landing place under the conditions of the competition, but Darwin had been selected as a suitable place. The pilots and crews must be Australian,- as defined by the laws of the Commonwealth. Competitors who might oe prejudiced by the postponement of the Sght would be paid rates equivalent to ose of the Australian Flying Corps from the date of their entry to the date fixed for permission to start. Aircraft and all component parts must be built Within the British Empire, but the raw Jnaterial might be obtained from any ftource.]