IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS.
Italy And Air Mail Route To India.
AGREEMENT BREAKS DOWN.
(Received 11 a.m.)
LONDON, January 15. The "Daily News" says that the Italian Government's impossible demands have caused a complete -breakdown of the Anglo-Italian agreement empowering Imperial Airways to use the Italian coast as part of the London-India air mail route. Italy demanded half the revenue from the mails traffic carried over Italian territory. ,
RETURNED TO LONDON.
YOUNG INDIAN PILOT. (Received 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, January 15. The young Indian pilot, Singh, who, while engaged on a flight from Croydon to India, damaged his 'plane at Noyon, France, returned to London by the air mail 'plane. Singh was forced down three times; he was attempting to win the Aga Khan's £500 prize for the first native aeronaut to fly to India.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1930, Page 7
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