SURVIVORS RESCUED: A Portuguese steamer picked up 19 officers and men comprising the remainder of the crew of the Aurillac, of which 21 members have already been landed at Funchal. (London.)
EGG PURCHASES.— The Ministry of Agriculture announced that Britain is buying from Canada during May 5,400,000 dozen eggs at prices ranging from lljd to l/0g a dozen f.o.b. This is double any previous month’s exports. (Montreal.) BRITISH EXPORTS.— ModeI aeroplanes to the surprising number of 73,264 are now on the way from British manufacturers to the Argentine. It is the biggest consignment which has ever gone to South America and is an interesting example of the variety of British war-time industry. It includes flying models made according to scale with powerful motors enabling them to fly 300 feet. There are representatives of the Spitfire, Avenger, Imp, Vickers Wellesley, Puss Moth and mail plane and an interceptor, one of the last-named having Argentine markings. (London.)
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Southland Times, Issue 24421, 29 April 1941, Page 5
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