AERONAUTICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1226, 7 September 1911, Page 5

AERONAUTICS.

AN AVIATOR INCINERATED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Madrid, September 5. The French aviator Leforestier has boen incinerated at Huelva, in Spain, through his motor exploding during a fall of 250 ft. HIGH FLYING IN BRITTANY. Paris, September 5. M. Garro's monoplane, which made an ascent at St. Malo, in Brittany, attained li height of 13,700 ft. This height, if verified, will be easily a record, as the present world's altitudo record is onlv 11,726 ft., established by Mr. Oxan Brindley at Chicago last month. TRAMWAY ACCIDENT. RAILS CHOKED WITH SAND. By Tolejraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 5. Evidence given at the inquest on tho victims of tho Lcwisham tramway accident, in which a car overturned, killing one person and injuring several others, showed that tho line was choked with sand for a distance of two yards. A verdict of accidental death was returned. The jury added a rider, stating that greater attention should be paid to clearing tho rails at junctions and curves. Health and success go hand in handperfect health means a clear-thinking 1 brain—energy and tho ambition to push ahead. Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Ex- , tract is the foundation.—Advt. 19 Tho annual meeting of tho AYellington East District Cricket Club will bo held in tho Victoria Hall this evening. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are holding a stock sale at Waikanae on Tuesday, September 12. Sowing Machino buyers aro invited to examine both the machines and tho spcci- ; ~u v advantageous terms ottered by (JSCAR IIKAYKTT, , Cuba ,vl,oso excellent reputation for twenty years is ' lin well and favourably known throughout ' New Zealand. A personal call or written ) application will bring full information 0 f tho machines available.