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BRITISH AIRCRAFT GOING ABROAD
High Reputation In Foreign Forces
The excellent reputation enjoyed by British aircraft and aero engines abroad is shown by the amount of such material which is already, or will shortly be, in use in foreign and Dominion air forces.
In some instances British 'planes might be difficult, in normal times, and engines are being manufacto maintain an aviation industry ured by overseas firms under at home sufficient to supply the licence. A considerable amount of needs of the R.A.F. aviation material is, however, being
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test under the special condition Indies, The prototype machine, laid down by the French authorities. which will be powered with Bristol
FIGHTERS FOR PORTUGAL
Hercules sleevevalve engines, will The Portuguese Government has undergo tests in Holland during placed an order for 15 more Glos this summer. ter Gladiator fighters, making a total of 30 in'all.
SUPPLIES FOR DOMINIONS The Egyptian Air Force is being Wellington longrange bombers have As already reported 80 Vickers supplied with a number of West- been ordered for the New Zealand land Lysander army operation ma- Air Force. It is planned to manu- with special aircleaners in the car- Bristol Beaufort chines. These have been fitted facture a large number of the new burettors of their 890 h.p. Bristol "planes in Australia.
general-purpose.
entry of sand and dust particles. Mercury engines to prevent the The South African and Canadian Air Forces are now being supplied The Fokker Company has re-with Bristol Blenheims. The Cana- ceived an order for 65 of its G: 1. dian Force is also to be equipped sent abroad from factories in Eng-derstood to have placed a large or- and that these machines will be chines, built by Canadian-Vickers
The French Air Ministry is un-planes from the Dutch Air Force flying-boats.
twin-engine fighter-reconnaissance with 10 Supermarine Stranraer land, which in itself is a most sati- der for Bristol Hercules engines equipped with Bristol Mercury VIII. Ltd., has recently passed its tests
One of these sactory indication of the recent in- for the French Air Force. These crease in the productive capacity will be manufactured in France.
engines. - of the British aircraft industry.
at Montreal. These are the largest The Air Ministry attaches con- passed successfully a type-approval the T.9, for use in the Netherlande | da.
A Hercules II. engine has recently a twin-engine bomber, known as manufactured completely in Cana- This company is also producing air-frames which have yet been siderable importance to the main- tenance of an adquate overseas market for 'planes and other avia- tion material manufactured in Eng- land. Without such a market it
FOREIGNERS ORDERED TO LEAVE TYROL
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THE HAGUE, TO-DAY, FOREIGNERS LIVING IN SOUTH TYROL, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF NETHER- LANDS RESIDENTS, HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO LEAVE WITHIN 24 HOURS, ACCORD- ING TO REPORTS RECEIVED HERE.
The Netherlands Minister Rome is inquiring into the matter. --Reuter Bulletin.
The South Tyrol is part of Aus- tria now under Italian rule. Much discussion has been going on re- garding Hitler's intentions in the district, which is populated by over 200,000 Germans.
SOVIET ENVOY TO CHINA KILLED IN CRASH
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Moscow, To-day. The Soviet Ambassador to China, M. Luganets-Orelsky, his wife and their driver, were killed în a-motor-car accident in Russia yesterday. Reuter.
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M. Orelsky succeeded 'M. Bogomoloff as Ambassador to China, His predecessor was re- ecalled to Moscow and was report-
ed to have been “liquidated,”
The accident, it has only just been revealed, occurred last Satur- "day between Kutatssi and Tskhal-
The Kutaisi city commission established that the accident was caused by a mei nical defect in
Drelsky left Chungking or
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