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Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 16

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NO HINT OF COMING TK AGED Y. After a brief test of the equipment and the engine by the ground engineers the plane took off from Mangere half an hour after its arrival from Wellington. The condition's were good, the sun was shining, and there was no hint of a tragedy looming ahead. With cheery salutations to those about, Pilots Duthie and Peel took their seats at the controls. Then the big silver 12-passenger low-wing monoplane turned into the wind with the engine roaring, sped down the runway, and lifted over the creek before it turned north. "Watchers saw the plane rise to about its usual altitude and circle slowly towards the south. The ground staff and the Union Airways officials saw her suddenly plunge towards the ground and then burst into flames. They rushed for a motor car and speeded to the scene to find the pilots beyond human aid.—Auckland Association message. SUITCASE MURDER ARMSTRONG REMANDED. Armstrong appeared in the Auckland Police Court this afternoon, and was remanded to appear at Wellington at 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. STOCK EXCHANGE. > Sales reported this afternoon:— New Zealand Paper Mills (rights), 2s; Mount Lyell, £1 Cs lOd. After last call: New Zealand Drugs, £3 7s Gd.