AERIAL SALOON CAR

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 7

AERIAL SALOON CAR

A new machine possessing great interest for the private flyer who requires a real aerial counterpart of the luxurious automobile is the Avro 641 biplane, a four-five scat cabin craft powered with a 240 horse-power Siddeley Lynx motor. This extremely i shapely machine is on the point of completing its official trials. It has dual control and is finished and furnished in a style comparable with that of a firstgrade motor-car. Streamlined fairings encase undercarriage struts and most of the landing wheels, and the motor is efficiently cowled. A metal airscrew, and full navigational equipment, including lights for night-flying, are included in the standard fittings. Performance is good, landing speed low, and first cost not high. I plan to publish a full description of this most interesting aanleore . p this most interesting aeroplane in the nnnr fiiflirf'

the beautiful mansion home of Mr. anA Mrs. Carl Holmes. One member of a gang apparently entered the house alone and he escaped with a mink coat, worth «2000, a valuable watch, and about £4O in cash. The haul would probably have been much greater had the man not awakened Mrs. Holmes, who hau a uerveracking ordeal in tho early hours. “It was about 3 a.m. when I was awakened by a noise.” she said. ‘‘lt seemed as if someone was walking across my bedroom and I. said: •Is that you, Carl?’ thinking it might do my husband. ‘‘There was no answer. Then I saw the figure of a man and the Casa of a torch. I screamed and the man rushed out of the room. By this time people had been aroused in the house, but th® burglar managed to run down the stairs and left by the front door, go far as we can gather, he only entered the dressing-room adjoining my bedroom. The house had just been ntted with an elaborate system of burglar elarms. By some means or other, however, th* jaider got in by the only prace where no alarm was fitted—a grating leading to a cellar at the back of two mansion. The theory is that the gang used a car, which was left on the imul which runs alongside the grounds of the mansion. One of the mon, it is behcve<i, entered the house while the others remained on watch. When the police arrived they at once searched the grounds, but not a trace of the raider, or raiders, could be found. Tho robbery is the tenth big country house raid this year. The police say they are satisfied that most of the robberies are the work of a well-organised gang with headquarters in London. Much tho same methods are followed in each case. Usually the raiders use ladders to enter first-floor windows.