THE FLIGHT

Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14241, 16 December 1919, Page 6

THE FLIGHT

CAPTAIN ROSS-SMITH'S PROGRESS. A NIGHT IX THE BUSH. [United Press Association.) DARWIN, Dee. 14. Owing to engine trouble Captain Ross-Smtih was forced to Jand in the bush, where he sperft the night, shortly after leaving Darwin. He proceeded south next day. POULET NOT YET DAUNTED. (Australian and N.Z. Gable Assn.) ALLAHABAD, Dec. 14. It is reported from Moulmein that Leiut. Poulet has decided to make a ilnal attempt to continue his flight. He will leave Moulmein for Bankok on Monday if the weather is suitable. SOME NARROW ESCAPES. BY SEA, DESERT, AND MOUNTAIN'. HOSTILE ARMED BALUCHI3. LONDON, December l'\ The newspaper Auto says tfeat Poulet is returning to Paris by air in order, to prepare for the tour-round-the-world competition organised by the American Aero Club.

Lieut. Poulet's adventures make strange reading. The Matin publishes the account, which states that the Frenchman regarded his troubles as normal, until, between 'Vaiona anu Salonika, he nearly run into a peak 2400 metres high. Near Dedeagateh a sudden storm beat Poulet to earth, and he flew dangerously at a height of 150 feet from tKe ground. Owing to the absence of petrol at Konla and Adana, he took in supplies of castor oil. He suffered severely from heat in Mesopotamia, and was forced to land in the middle of the desert of Chabar, where Buluchis, armed to the teeth, surrounded and threatened him. "After a great to do the Sultan extended his protection over us," writes Poulet, "though we did not understand a word each other said. I did not like the surroundings, and we kept an eye open throughout the night. We only got a handful of i-ice and water which a Parisian would not have drunk for a hundred thousand francs." Poulet found Karachi excited, owing to a that he had fallen into the sea. Thr British authorities sent post-haste to 'he spot, and found it was a whale stranded by the tide.

PARIS, Dec, 13 Poulet is still at Rangoon.