British Food Relief
More than £llOO was received at the Auckland Town Hall yesterday for the British flood relief fund, which was .opened recently by the Mayor (Mr J. A. C. AllUih). The . total up to last night, including £2OOO which the Auckland Electric Power Beard decided oh Monday to give, was £9679 10s 6d.—(P.A.) CoHnthic’s Maiden Voyage The largest of the post-war passenger ships yet .built for the trade between Britain and. Australia and New •Zealand, the 15,'000-ton Shaw Savill and Albion liner Corinthic, left Liverpool on Saturday for New Zealand, via South Africa. and Australia, on her maiden voyage. She is expected here early in June. Commanded by Captain D. Aitchison, the Corinthic is carrying 80 passengers.—(P.A.)
1 Aircraft. Damaged A Lodestar aircraft at the Milson aerodrome (Palmerston North) was picked up from its moorings by the gale on Monday night and deposited in a ditch at the edge of the field. It was considerably damaged. The aircraft was awaiting the installation of .’engines, and . consequently had a buoyancy which made it an easy prey for the wind. Other aircraft on the tarinac rode out the gale.—(P.A.)
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1947, Page 8
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