ZEPPELIN VISITS TO LONDON

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13694, 9 October 1916, Page 6

ZEPPELIN VISITS TO LONDON

INVARIABLY CALL ON, WEEK-END NIGHTS. THE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. {Australian and Jjew, Zealand Cable Association,) Received October 8,5.5 „ BERNE, October 7. Colonel Znblonsky, writing on the Zeppelin raids, explains tliat they most frequently occur on Saturdays and Sundays. The, Germans' theory is that the English indulgence in week-end holidays is so general, that tlic yoiing airmen trusted,with the defence of London, leave their posts on Saturdays and return on Mondays. _ .>'

. FALLIIN- MONSTER. INSPECTED BY,EXPERTS. . CAPTURED PRACTICALLY INTACT. f " \ ;» \. r /■ • ' , i ~ .. (Renter's Telegrams,) . V ■ 'Received October 8, 5.5 p,m, ' LONDON, October 7. A visit to the Zeppelin captured in Essex oil 23rcl Scptembci, disclosed that,' barring alight external injuries, the airship is practically intact. Experts are studying the details. The vessel has four gondolas—one containing three engines, each of 240 li.p. There are other gondolas/ One contains the captain s cabin, with all controls, including the bomb dropping arrangement. The adjacent wireless room is enclosed in cotton wool, and is undamaged.