INCREASE IN BRITISH AIRCRAFT SUGGESTED.
MACHINES TO CARRY SIXTEEN MEN AND BOMBS.
Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received June 18. 6.15 D.m.)
London, June 17.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. W. Joynson-Hick3, Unionist member for the Brentford division of Middlesex, urged the need of increasing the supply of aircraft. He said Britain could, in three months, turn out aeroplanes of a hundred horso-power, carrying 16 men, similar to those in use in France, and capable of carrying destructive bombs.
GERMAN ACCOUNT OF RAIDS OVER ENGLAND.
DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
(Received June 13, 5.5 p.m.)
Londo.v, June 17.
The following is the official German account of the raids over the English coast: "Airships, on the 9th and the 15th, raided the north* east of England, and dropped bombs on fortified places on the coast, causing, fires and the destruction of industrial establishments, including smelting furnaces. The airships were heavily fired upon, but were not damaged. We silenced a coast battery."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15948, 19 June 1915, Page 7
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