AIRSHIP IN THE PACIFIC.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10038, 7 May 1910, Page 7

AIRSHIP IN THE PACIFIC.

A curious story of the visit of a supposed airship to some outlying islands of the Fiji Group is told in a letter by Miss Eva Hermings, received by Mr G. Earnings, of Remuera, New Zealand. According to the youDg lady, a party of slranuers were seen cruising about in the vicinity of Loma Loma, and on an attempt being made to get into communication with them they disappeared as mysterious a3 they had come. Miss Hennings tells her story thus:—"We are more up-to-date than Auckland now, because we have seen, an airship before you, Between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, on March 17th, Beatty (native) sighted a funny black sail on the water between Naituba and tha mainland. She said it was the schooner Dewdrop, and called me to see it Looking at it, I said, 'No, it is not a schooner.' Taking the glass, I called tu Uncle William to see it. He had a look, and, his eyesight not beiiH, very good, said, 'I don't know what it js—it may De a wreck.' I then looked, and almost dropped the glass, and shouted, 'A flying machine!' I could see the wheels quite plainly, and it was going at an incredible speed. Beatty had a look, and, not knowing what a flying machine was, only described it as I did. In about five minutes it travelled the distance of eight miles,

and anchored at a small island called Kibobop, about six miles away from us. Uncle then sent the whaleboat with three men and a note at about 3 o'clock, and they set out to pull and

sail also. After that we saw another, flyirg very high, and in the opposite direction. The boat returned at noon on the 18th. Malakai said they only arrived at the middle island at 7 in the evening, and slept there. Early thai morning they pulled to the small island where he saw the airship anchor."