Inventors' Awards
THE DRAGGOXFLY ENGINE. AN EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENT. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association Received 7.30 n.m October 7. LONDON, October 6. Hie Royal Commission on awards to inventors, considered tho claim of Walton Motors, Ltd, for £609,000 on account of the Avro engines. Eleven thousand Drnggoiiilies aero ordered, only 1009 delivered and none were used in the war. Sir Gordon Ilewart said that £2,000.000 of tho taxpayers’ money was spent in a vain effort to make the Draggonlly engine practical.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 17624, 8 October 1921, Page 7
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83Inventors' Awards Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 17624, 8 October 1921, Page 7
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