MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 7

MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP

DID IT BELONG TO GEKMATOtJi LONDON, February 24. There is little doubt that the airship seen oil Selby and East Warwickshire came from Germany. BERLIN, February 24. Several Zeppelins are making prolonged night trips. Some carry ma-chine-guns, bulletproof shields, a ton of explosives, and wireless apparatus. REPORT OF NOCTURNAL VISITS DERIDED. (Received February 25, X 0.45 p-m.) BERLIN, February 25. German newspapers deride the reports of the nocturnal visits of an airship to England and the recent British suspicions. They say that it would be impassible _ for the most powerful Zeppelin airship to secretly visit England. If the above-mentioned airship belonged to Germany, what is Great Britain going to do? Early this month the AenaX Navigation Bill was hurried through the two Houses of Parliament. The Bill prohibits the passage of aircraft in certain areas, or, if necessary, over the whole coastline adjacent to territorial waters. It empowers the authorities, after giving warning by signal, to fire upon offenders. The Bill was the outcome of the recent reported appoaranof of mysterious airships.