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round-the-w: rld trip. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ROME, June 23. Major Blake has reached Pisa aboard a new D.H. nine three-seater, which arrived at Marseilles on Friday morning from London. He hopes to proceed to Rome this afternoon. Colonel Broom has given up his place in order to go to the Alaskan coast and lay dumps of petrol and provisions, and arrange for escorting the craft over this difficult part of the route. His place on the plane will probably be taken by Malins, a photographer. ' The new airplane was sent to Blake at Marseilles to continue the flight. His' original machine has been repaired but it is unsafe. 1 ( ROME, June 25. Major Blake, has arrived here on his round the world flight. Recd. 11 a.m. ROME, June 25. Blake arrived at Naples safely. He covered the distance from Marseilles in 13 hours. He flies to. Athens tomorrow.' ; • i
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1922, Page 5
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