AVIATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14450, 24 May 1911, Page 5

AVIATION.

_ *T&E DISASTER 'AT ISSTfr ■ AR -MONIS-IMS'IU) VINGto Ptess TeJ. —CfopyTight. LONDON, May 22. Mr Fisher, Premier o£ Australia, tolegrapljed to M. Monis his profound sorrow at M, BerteauVß doath and bia condolence with tho deoeafiod Ministor's Ho expressed the hope that M. Monis'e recovery would bo speedy. M. Monis is progressing satisfactorily, , OTHER DEADLY THINGS. Tho "Daily Mai] " and tho "Daily Telegraph" recall Mr Huskisson's death at the opening of the Manchester and Liverpool railway in 1830. They also recall the fact that there were six deaths in tho Paris-Madrid motor race on May 21th, 1903. ANOTHER CROWD DISASTER. An aeroplane fell on a crowd of spectators at Kursk, Russia, injuring many. It is feared that five will buccuinb. , A HUGE DIRIGIBLE. Three hundred bluejackets launched the Vickcrs Maxim dirigible Mayfly, wluch was built for the Admiralty. She is 612 feet long and 48 feet in di;imoter, and lias a lifting power of serentocn balloonettes inflated with hydrogen. She weighs 21 tons, and during strong winds can bo moored upon tho water. THE PARIS-MADRID RACE. • PARIS, May 22. M. Garros, competing in the Paris-to-Madrid flight, oovered 281 miles in 227 minutes. This is a record. Received 1 a.m., Msy 24£ h. PARIS, May 23, 31. Mon.Va condition is reassuring. Ho is atill unaware of M. Bertea-ux's death. Vedrines monoplaned from Paris to Angouleme in 225 minutes.