Mr. " Lloyd George visited \ the , Palais, deslnvalides,, Paris,- on March> 19-aiidiplaced a\ivreath on the tomb'of Marshal'Foch. He was accompanied .by. General, Billotte, Military >of I Paris. The visit was*afterwards severely critic ' cued \by\: a \ leading Parisian ,news\ paper, which said it was"d hypo- ; critical gesture, in which the} . well-known wizard\excels", ,
This Lockheed transport plane on the deck of the cargo carrier Romney, at Fryatt Quay, is a "24," which is somewhat larger than the Electros which fly between Wellington, and Auckland, and has accommodation for twelve passengers and two pilots. It is-an all-metal mid-wing monoplane, powered by two 850 h.p. engines, and is said to be the fastest passenger transport in the world. It is the first of it* kind to be seen in New Zealand, and is for the Adelaide-Darwin service of New Guinea Airways.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 9
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136Mr. " Lloyd George visited \ the , Palais, deslnvalides,, Paris,- on March> 19-aiidiplaced a\ivreath on the tomb'of Marshal'Foch. He was accompanied .by. General, Billotte, Military >of I Paris. The visit was*afterwards severely critic' cued \by\: a \ leading Parisian ,news\ paper, which said it was"d hypo-; critical gesture, in which the} . well-known wizard\excels", , This Lockheed transport plane on the deck of the cargo carrier Romney, at Fryatt Quay, is a "24," which is somewhat larger than the Electros which fly between Wellington, and Auckland, and has accommodation for twelve passengers and two pilots. It is-an all-metal mid-wing monoplane, powered by two 850 h.p. engines, and is said to be the fastest passenger transport in the world. It is the first of it* kind to be seen in New Zealand, and is for the Adelaide-Darwin service of New Guinea Airways. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 9
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