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Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1939, Page 12

George V, Vine, of Newark, U.S.A., was playing golf near an aerodrome when a bomber flew low over the course as the goifer drove off. The ball flew high in the air— went into the plane, hit the pilot on the hcad and stunned him. Fortunately the airman was able to keep control of the plane— but he had to bring it down very quickly or else he would have c: ashed ! # # * # Canada has a periodical edited by a Redskin Chief. Its readers are 20.000 Iivquois. The "China Times" is printed in seven languages— English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese. American hotelkeepers subscribc to a paper which brings them news of hotel thieves and bilkers. * # # * Britain still has 200,000 million tons of coal within a depth of 4000 ft. This should last four or five centuries, and probable reserves would raise the period to seven centuries. Extending working great indkustry, an industry which has more coal after that.