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TCKIO TO TACOMA. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO BE MADE. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) TOKIO, September 29. Lieutenant Bromley flew his aeroplane from the Tachikawa aerodrome to Tokio, where he will overhaul and repair the machine. It is announced that he hopes to repeat the attempt to cross the Pacific from Samushiro beach in the middle of October, ■ MRS BRUCE’S FLIGHT. HEADING FOR CONSTANTINOPLE, BELGRADE, September 29. , (Received Sept. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) ' Mrs Bruce, who is making a flight from England to Japan, left for Constantinople. - She states that if she reaches Tokio she will try to encircle the. world. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, INCREASE IN MILES FLOWN. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 29. Although the world trade depression has caused a great reduction in travel generally, Sir Eric Geddes, who presided to-day at a general meeting of Imperial Airways, said that the company’s aircraft had flown 1,355,217 miles, compared with 1,032,842 miles in the preceding year. He mentioned the popularity of the Indian mail services, which carried 45} tons of mail on the route during the year.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21145, 1 October 1930, Page 7
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