THE FLYING RACE
ON TO SINGAPORE
ROSS-SMITH'S TIME-TABLE
AUSTRALIA ON 10th OR 11th.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIQHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN • NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
ALLAHABAD, Ist December.
Captain Eoss-Smifch and Poulet left Rangoon at daybreak for Singapore. Ross-Smith expects to reach Bangkok in five hours, and is due in Australia afc 9 o'clock on 13th December. " He expects, however, to accomplish the journey by 10th or 11th December if all goes well. (RBUTES's TELJGRAM.) (Received December 2, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Ist December. Poulet left for Bangkok twenty-five minutes after Ross-Smith. Ross-Smith cables from Bangkok on the Ist: "Left Rangoon at 7 o'clock, and reached Bangkok at 1 o'clock. A heavy storm after passing Moulmein caused delay, aaid drove us out of our course. Followed River Menam south to Bangkok, finding an excellent reception and assistance, provided by the Siamese Aviation Corps. Hope to land at Singora on the 2nd, and Singapore on the 3rd. All well."
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Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 132, 2 December 1919, Page 5
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153THE FLYING RACE Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 132, 2 December 1919, Page 5
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