£10,000 WON BY LIFTMASTER
DISTRIBUTION PLAN ANNOUNCED £lOOO TO BE GIVEN TO N.Z. CHARITY (N.Z.P.A.—Reuter—Copyright) THE HAGUE, October 11. Dr. Albert Plesman. president and director of Royal Dutch' Airlines, today announced the distribution of the £ 10,000 won by the airlines’ Liftmaster plane in the London-Christchurch air race. The sum of £lOOO is to be made available to a charitable institution in New Zealand. Each of the 54 emigrants who were passengers in the aircraft is to receive £lO. Fifteen per cent, of the gross amount of the prize will be divided among the crew of the Liftmaster, and the rest is to go to the airlines’ staff fund for special needs.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27169, 13 October 1953, Page 10
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