AMUNDSEN’S FLIGHT
BALANCE OWING ON AEROPLANE. ITALIAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS SEIZURE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—-Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) ROME, June 23. (Received June 24, 7.5 p.m.) Owing to the balance of £14,000 outstanding in connection with the aeroplanes specially built for Amundsen’s Polar flight not having been handed to the Italian Government, the latter has stated that if the sum is not paid in a fortnight the Government will take over the machines, conduct the flight and invite Amundsen to accompany it as second in command.
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Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 5
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86AMUNDSEN’S FLIGHT Southland Times, Issue 19279, 25 June 1924, Page 5
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