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THE FLIGHT.

. NEWS OF CAPT. MATTHEWS. HELD UP AT SOFIA. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 31, 1.10 a.m. London, Dee. 2!). A report from Captain C. G. Matthews, 0 the aviator, states that'he went to Belgrave in a train, but General Plunkett !. was unable to supply him with petrol, j He ultimately got some from the French " authorities, but only sufficient to carry 3 him to Sofia. When the mail left he was still held up by four days' snow 1 storms. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, i ___ [The attempt of Captain Matthews to fly to Australia has been attended by misfortune. He left before Captain Ross Smith, who has made the flight to Australia, having left London in October. A fog at Boulogne, and then an accident and bad weather at Cologne, were his first troubles. Then, after some delay, he set out down the Rhine, making for the Balkans, but was held up for a long timo by bad weather, and whenever he made a new move some unfavorable conditions quickly arrested his progress.]

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Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1919, Page 5

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THE FLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1919, Page 5

THE FLIGHT. Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1919, Page 5

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