NEW ZEALAND’S AEROPLANE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 146, 5 June 1913, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND’S AEROPLANE.

London, April 25. The two-seat er Bit riot armoured monoplane, on which G-/stave Hamel flow last Thursday from Dover to Cologne, a distance of 3-0 milt's, in four ht.urs, has-been accepted by the New Ztmland Government as a gift from the Imperial i Air Fleet Committee, cf ivhich Lot’d Desborough is president, and Sir Joseph Ward a vice-president. The cost cf the incnopiane is £l4OO. .vhich sum is being raised m thisi country by subscription. lLe ; amounts given to dace arc as iuL ■ icn-s:— Messrs. Waltham Cts-.id 4 _<)o (with a guarantee of £600), . de s s T. Budin and Co. £lou, : xlc t West's Gas Inipiovcinint ' oi i >onv £too. Lord Desborough ( ba- to-, M.’. E. Jb.rM'eil Fox £5O, i J t seph Vmv'.l £2 3 5-, Mr. A. ' Rosenthal £2l, and May.r B. K ■< . Badc-n-PoweJi £li.'. v.lr. Avici.-iism Coward is managing director ot I Messrs. W. Coward and Co., Ltd.. . -.ho desired to eckhvate iheir nJ ■ cto-s’ Im..im ;s connection sidAn-, relasia oy initiating too prepoota . ,-1.. cm tut his bten cjpe...ed wi h 'he fi ; i since UGO, end ■ in: , I:iD has be -1 a- o-d Ms. A - - .-kcr. v 1 n representing Messrs. ■ Coward and Co., ennrasu-t e -, r nt It_’ £ io ads the ; cost of the mai-uine cond: i-m- 1 ;> its being presen:. cd io A- aiuiu. ; The i.ffoi- cf ibe mm ' :ne ’ - in ■ ■ ‘•hreugh the High Commission'..’,, w whom a letter was sent stating that ' 'hero was a growing feeling ilmt the time had arrived when seme syu erd ■ effort should bo made to s.rti'gtlmn _ t:lie resources x.f the Empire in aei..il ; craft in view cl t’ne great act' ai.ee , made in this directic.n by foreign Powers. A cablegram from Now: Zealand in reply stated: "< lovmn-m.-m cf New Zealand grm efvlli_ ; -ie-. c; pts <,ffe.- of miliiaiy aeru;m-ne.