AUSTRALIA BY AIR

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIA BY AIR

OF CAPTAIN | SMITH. « ARRIVAL AT ROME'. e ■ By Telegraph —Press Assn.—Copyright. Nov. 17. Captain Ross Smith has arrived at Rome.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' Received Nov. 18, fI.SO-p.m. London, Nov. 17. The crew of the Vickers-Viiny machine which arrived at Rome report that they experienced very bad weather. I POULET'S PLANS. A DELAY AT KARACHI. Received Nov. 18, 5.5 p.m. Karachi, Nov. 17. Poulet's departure has been postponed until the 18th inst., owing to the nonarrival of certain maps and the fact that Benoist (his mechanic) has not fully recovered. —Reuter Service. ! _________ THE ALLIANCE DISASTER. | A SCENE AT THE INQUEST. Received Nov. 18, 9.25 p.m. London, Nov. IT. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest held into the circumstances of the death of the airmen, Ca'ptain Douglas and Lieut. Ross, who were killed when starting on a flight to Australia in an Alliance machine. A scene was created by Captain Douglas' fiance, who, in an outburst, asserted that Captain Douglas informed her that the machine had not been adequately tested. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The following are the time-tables, as nearly as the cable news affords data, of the various starters in the flight to Australia. if. Poulet: Left Paris 14th October, 7 a.m.; landed Frejus, in the south of France, 2 p.m. October 15th or 16th, arrived $t Rome. November 18th, left Rome; forced by snowstorm to descend at Naples. October 20th, left Naples; landed at Brindisi, owing to torrential rains. October 22nd, left Brindisi; landed at Valona; further delayed by rain. October 30th. arrived at Constantinople, after a terrible journey. November 4th, arrived, at Aleppo, via Konia and Adana. November sth, left Aleppo; reached Bagdad in the evening. November 6th, left Bagdad, arrived at Bushire. Date uncertain, arrived Bandar Abbas. November 10th, left Bandar Abbas for Karachi. November 11th, arrived Karachi. 3 a.m. Captain Matthews: Left London October 21st, 11.45 a.m.; landed at Marquise, hear Boulogne, owing to fog. October 22nd, arrived at Cologne; delayed by breakdown of machine and bad weather. November 2nd, left Cologne, arrived Mayenze (Mainz). Captain Ross-Smith: Left London November 12, 9.15 a.m. November 13th, arrived Lyons. November 14th, arrived at Pisa, in Italy. Colonel Douglas: Started from Snrbiton November 13th; machine crashed, and he and Lieutenant Ross were killed.