AN ABANDONED PROJECT
THAT 'COST HALF A MILLION.
(Australian and,N;Z. Cable Association.)
(Rec. May 20, JL1.35 a.m.) V ILoVctoN.May 19. • 'The report of. the Select Committee on National Expend iture. shows that after half a million was expended in pro;paratory work in establishing an instructional ischool for aerial gunnery at Loch' Boon, in Ayrshire, the project was abandoned becauao of the cli« •matic Conditions. The locality was unfavourable to flying also because it';' was .necessary to drain a large bog to ; make an aerodrome. , EAST AFRICA. A SHARP ENGAGEMENT. ENEMY CO&IPLETELY ODiEFEATED (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON', May 18. ; An East Africa official message states that there was severe fighting on the< sth westward, of Nungw, ymere the bulk of the German force is concentrated. A small bodly of the King's African Rifles surprised an important German camp, entered it, and set the huts on fire. The enemy strongly counter-attacked, hoav ily engaging our force all day at rvery cjiose quarters. >We (eventually com, pletely defeated the enemy, off northward with severe losses. Gen. eral Von Lethow Yorbeck commanded the enemy force- Our convergent move-.. ment on 'Nanungo continues.- ..*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 115, 20 May 1918, Page 5
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190AN ABANDONED PROJECT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 115, 20 May 1918, Page 5
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