25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 153, 25 March 1938, Page 10

25 YEARS AGO

Rush For Hauraki Farms (From “The Dominion/* March 28, 1913.) There was a rush- for the Hauraki Plains land at Auckland yesterday morning The Crown Lands Board received 4257 applications by 1092 applicants for 112 sections. So great was the crush that the board adjourned to the Sailors Mission Hall. * m A mining engineer of Nelson interviewed the Prime Minister (the Hon. W. F. Massey) yesterday and submitted to him plans for an airship which he has invented and patented. Mr. Taylor described his invention in detail. He claimed that it provided an aeronautical apparatus which combined in a single structure the principle of the dirigible airship, aeroplane, hydroplane, motor-car, gyroscope and electric lighting.. He asked that the Government would give some monetary aid wliich would make it possible to carry out experimental work beyond the reach of private individuals. He thought if the Government made a grant of £3OOO the initial work on one of the ships could be done. Mr. Massey suggested that ha should see the Acting-Minister for Defence (the Hon. R. H. Rhodes) and the Commandant (General Godley). «» . » The siege of Adrianople, which began on October 20 last, ended at 2 o’clock on March 26, when the Turkish commander, Ghazi Shukri Pasha, surrendered to General Ivanoff, of the Bulgarian Army.