OVERSEAS FLIGHTS.
AX.COCK AKD BBOWIT TO BE j, KNIGHTED. > LONDOST, June 22. ' The Secretary of State for War, Mr* Winston Churchill, at a luncheon at the Savoy, presented the "Daily Mail" prize of'£lo,ooo to Captain Alcock and Lieut. Brown, and announced the King's intention to confer on them knighthoods of the British Empire. The Air Ministry has appointed a. Standing Committee to advise as to the best method of organising Imperial air c routes. 'I Mr. Thomas Ince, of California, has i; cabled to Captain Alcock, offering Mm £10,000 for a trans-Pacific flight.—(A. ; s and N.Z. Cable.) aie
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 148, 23 June 1919, Page 5
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