IN THE AIR.
A DUTCH OFFER. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, March 4. The Dutch Government is offering a large money prize to the first Dutch airman flying from Holland to the Dutch East Indies. Three competitors are expected to make an early start. —Reuter Service. CRASH OF SILVER QUEEN. CAPETOWN, March 8. The Silver Queen crashed a mile from Bulawayo after its start for Pretoria. The machine was badly wrecked, but the engines arc intact. Colonel van Rynevold attributes the disaster to being overloaded with petrol.
The Government is considering the question of providing another aeroplane to enable the aviators to complete the journey.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16688, 10 March 1920, Page 3
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106IN THE AIR. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16688, 10 March 1920, Page 3
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