IN THE AIR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10505, 13 July 1910, Page 4

IN THE AIR.

[By Elec-: :c Telegraph—Copyright ] ---. (Pki: L j ress Association.) Received July 12, at 10.10 p.m. London, July 12. The :ui:ition meeting at Bournemouth opened auspiciously. Fifteen British and live foreign competitors are taking part. The sum of £BSOO is given in prizes. The stands will accommodate 35.000 spectators. Paris. July 12. Experts infer that the Rheims achievements foreshadow that all-metal aeroplaues, with most powerful engines, will travel a hundred miles an hour. Received July 13, at 8.30 a.m. London. July 12. .The Hon. C. S. Rolls was killed while aeroplaning at Bournemouth. Received July 13, at 9.25 a.m. :-•.:; . London, July 12. The Hon. C S. Rolls, m a biplane. was engaged to-day in an alighting competition. In making a sudden descent he caused an over-pressure on the hack tails, and the pivots broke. The machine became powerless, and jell a hundred feet at a terrific rate, being dashed into a mass of matchwood and broken steel. Rolls was extracted from the debris with a broken neck and the base-of his skull fractured. Thousands witnessed the accident. On account or the unfortunate mishap all flying has been abandoned for tho day.