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Dunstan Times, Issue 3131, 21 August 1922, Page 7

At the French Cathedral town of Chatres, during a round-up of crooks. the police traced one man to the cellar of i, house, where lie completely disappeared. Digging through the floor, the policemen found the entrance to a subterranean tunnel. 4eading to an immense cave, lighted by electricity, under the very heart of the city. In the cave was stored the booty from more tbam 800 robberies, some at Paris?'. Included in the loot were two pearl necklaces valued at 100,000 francs, and an immense amount of furniture, including three pianos. Tu seeking to devise an airplane which will be impervious to shrapnel and machine-gun bullets and yet will he speedy the British Air Ministry has produced a steel fighting machine which it claims is superior to any allmetal machines yet produced. Experiments have been conducted at tho Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough for a considerable period and the planes are now being submitted to severe practical tests. The wings, as well as the fuselage, are built of corrugated steel. The main difficulty was to produce a fighting plane which would not he heavier than the wooden machines, but it is stated that this has been successfully accomplished without loss of power. The machines are easy to manage and can safely make a loop. Authorities regard this as a big step forward iu air warfare.