TRIP ON ZEPPELIN.
—cA THREE WEEKS’ JOURNEY. 17,000 MILES TO BE COVERED. FARE FIXED AT £1,300. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 19, 11.30 a.m.) BERLIN, May 18. Twenty-two passengers paying £1,300 each including the Spanish Prince Alphonse of Asturias, Lady Drummond Flay, and Mistress 'Pierce, wife of New York financier, will accompany the Graf Zeppelin on a three weeks’ voyage of 17,000 miles starting this evening. It will halt at Seville, Rio De Janero and Pernambuco, where it will be moored to a mast, thence to Havana and Lakehurst on the homeward trip. It will carry mails, also a well stocked larder. The crew of 42 is insured for £75,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18023, 19 May 1930, Page 7
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112TRIP ON ZEPPELIN. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18023, 19 May 1930, Page 7
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