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THE MARTINSYDE DISASTER. HOWELL'S BODY RECOVERED. By Eeotrio Telegraph.—Copyright Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Dec. 24. Lloyd's agent at Corfu telegraphs that Captain-Howell's body has bopn washed ashore. It was buried on Tuesday by an English chaplain. Sergeant Eraser's body has not' yet been found. Bad weather prevents the salving of the aeroplane, which i§ now a .complete wreck.
ROSS SMITH ABANDONS FLIGHT. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. MELBOURNE, Dec. 28. Sir Ross Smith has definitely decided to abandon his-flight, and to entrain for Sydney. > ~ NEW MACHINE FOR POULET. CONTINUES FLIGHT IN JANUARY. Auitr&lian-Now Zealand Cable Association. Received December 29. 9-20 a.m. . PARIS, Dec. 27. M. Poulet's new aeroplane has been despatched to Calcutta. He. hopes to resume, the flight at the end of January
A NEW MOTOR FUEL. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received December 29, 8.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The .-ur mail service announces successful tests of n new motor fuel for gas engines which is better and cheaper than gasolene. It is composed of a combination of alcohol, gasolene, benzol and toluol. MURDERED BY MEXICANS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26. The army airmen, Connolly and Waterhouse, were forced to descend in Lower California, whore they were, starved for 19 days, and then murdered by Mexicans.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1710, 29 December 1919, Page 5
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