HEROIC AVIATOR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9778, 29 September 1917, Page 8

HEROIC AVIATOR

SRINGS DOWN S 3 DON MACHINES ~ THEN DIES FIGHTING GREAT ~ ODDS. ..By Telegraph—Prce« Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. C*Wo Association. (Received September. 28, 8.35 p.m.) PARIS, September 2/. 31. .Giiynemor waa-killed after bringing down his fifty-third aeroplane on French territory.-.. An eyewitness ot , his Jast .fight states that ho attacked „ live Albatrosses .over the sea at Dunkiflt "and brdught down two before ho himself fell. He was five times re- 1 ejected for the army owing to his poor ■ physique. ■■■.■- - •PRESIDENT WILSON CAUTIOUS NO WISH FOR EMBARRASSING ■' ACTION. ■. Bv"-Te-lseraph—-Pr€»a Association—Copyright Router’o Telegrams. i (Received fiexHember 28, 9 p.m.) , .... WASHINGTON, September 2/. President Wilson is opposed to the ■ acceptance of the British House ot -- Common’s invitation to Congressmen - to visit the AVcstcrn front, and to tho ‘ invitation that Congress should bo re- ’ presented at nn inter-Allied Parliament. President AVilson does wish ;; to give tho impression' that the United i States is bound to tho Alliance En- " tento; ’ • ■ '■■■■ • • . ’ ' W4R CHEST DAY - £25,000 COLLECTED IN STD.NET. By Telegraph—Pres* Association—Copyrleiu fßeceived September 23, 9 p.m.) i SYDNEY, September 28. The weather was fine and there was • much enthusiasm', (during War Chest ~ Day to. provide comforts for tho troops: ...The streets were gaily decorated and : lined with stalls and money-collecting devices. Tho contributions approximate £25,000. lIIGREtSING BURDEN OF TAXATION POSITION IN COMMONWEALTH. By' Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright ' SYDNEY, September 28. Tho annual report of the AuditorGenftrpl states that the burden of war taxation must increase. The total .increase ..in,, [taxation, in the past four tfoars has amounted, to £2,224,045.