MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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AVIATION TRAGEDY. HELSINGFORS, February 27. A Finnish army aeroplane, while at bomb-dropping practice at an altitude of 250 ft., was blown to pieces, and its two occupants were killed. PRESENTED TO KING. ‘.Received this day at lit) a.m.) LONDON, Fob. 25. Air Burt ram. a New Zealand Labourite. was presented to their .Majesties, who visited the Industries Fair and inspected the* Oversea Buyers’ Club, Australian and New Zealand displays, ihe King was delighted to leant that i in consequence of last year's interest, the sale of British typewriters is booming. Ihe Queen bought the King a cigarette cabinet. AIR DISASTER. (Received this <lav at 9.30 a.m.) j PARIS, Feb. 25. A message from Bizerta states a big French seaplane mysteriously caught lire and crashed into the l sea. thirty miles I rum tin* Coast . A gunboat, which rushed to the rescue found an injured member of the crew clinging to a wing and four colleagues dead in Hu’ submerged cabin.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1927, Page 3
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