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OPPOSITION TO MORE FLIGHTS MEANTIME.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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EXCITING ESCAPES.

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"BERLIN, Sept. 9th. Various German airmen who have been preparing for months past for Bights to the United States from Germany, have decided to abandon their attempts this year, in view of the unfavourable weather.

[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE] Canadian Action.

Rrasr, Sept. pth. With the loss of the aeroplane Sir John Carling, with the English- men Captain Tully and Lieutenant Medcalf aboard, no fewer than three aeroplanes with their occu- pants have met with disaster during the past week in attempts to fly the the windows and flames' shot up to Clouds of smoke poured out of Atlantic. The other two machines are the British aeroplane Seint the sky. As the adjoining wharves were filed with hoy, straw, and Minchin, Raphar!, with Colonel Captain Leslie Hamilton,

timber, it was feared the whole and Princess Lowenstein Wertheim, and

street would be involved, but 20 the American aeroplane Old Glory, are engines quickly arrived on the with the airmen Lloyd Bertaud and spot, and soon controlled the bluze.. The Eames and fumes nearly Bill, and the journalist Payne.

overpowered werkers in an adjoin- In view of this record, it is being ing studio, belonging to the arm strongly urged, both in Europe sad of Nogi, a Japanese lacqueror. America, that no more attempts should be made to fly the Atlantic the windows and down a drain They managed to scramble cut, ef this year, particularly as chances of favourable weather have pipe. Some landed on the deck of practically disappeared with the barge which boatmen pushed

when alongside

Ba W they

the Messrs. coming of September.

flames. Others awaⱭ the canal. Wood and Schiller, who arc доп

sent to at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Six were injured and

bospital have been appealed to by their

[An earlier telègram stated that backers and others not to go on

four persons were killed.

the

with their project to fly to Wind sor, England.

Mr. McKenzie King, the Cana- dian Premier, has intimated that legislation is likely to be intro- duced next session to prohibit flights across the Atlantic from Canada. "He believes public opinion is opposed to such hazardous riska.

Lord Thomson's Views.

Lord Thomson, who was formerly British Secretary for Air, to-day gave his views on the subject to the London" Evening News. He said, I cannot see that anything is to be learned from further flights at present. It has already been proved that men are brave-but we knew that before. It has been hown that a 'plane can fly three thousand miles without stopping but it can do it just as easily above land."

Lord Thomson considered, "how-

that Atlantic Bi * could hardly be stopped by gislation. Men deliberately courted danger. "I do not think, land· 'planes should be allowed to make the at- tempt at all. They do not give the fiera a chance if the machine comes down in the ocean. Every trana- SCA- Atlantic plane should be plane. Wireless should be compul- To sacrifice all wireless sary, equipment-the only way of calling for help in the wastes of the Atlan tic-passengers should be forbid den. Money offered by passengera tempts pilots to take unnecessary SHIMONOSEKI risks. I cannot believe any pilot

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A new series of experiments will be attempted in October. The in- auguration of an Empire service "will depend on the results of these.

FRENCH DEPUTY

ARRESTED.

"COMRADE" DUCLOS AGAIN IN TROUBLE.

(THROTOR REUTER'S AGENCY.]-

Paris, Sept. 9th. M. Duclos, the Communist Deputy who was recently sentenced by the Court of Appeal to eight months' Fine of 300 imprisonment and france, for attempting to incite troops to mutiny, but has not served his sentence, has been arrested at Tarbes.

LEAGUE MANDATES

COMMISSION. But more stringent tests were greatly needed" in view of the

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) Atupendous task of flying the At jantie. No machine should be al·

GENEVA, Sept. 9th lowed to start unless it had a

At a private meeting of the reasonable chance of reaching, the League Council, Herr Ludwig other side. We had now, Kasti, a prominent German indus CHANGCHUN: BOTEN Makda thought, reached the limit of trialist, was appointed an addi- human and mechanical endaraictional member of the mandates in the present stage of.aerial deve. lopments Pioneers of flying had commission, on the proposal of the

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(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

· American Prize Withdrawn.

BOSTON, Beptember 9th.

A purse of G.825,000, which was to have been given to the first tiers to land at Boston after a trans- Atlantic "hop" from Europe, has been withdrawa, and the money "returned to the original contribu“

tors.

The trustees designḥas a reason the unseasonable weather.

(THROUGH REVIZE'S AGENCY.] Mr. Levine Determined.

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New York, after a final attempt to be worked exclusively by the State. persuade the millionaire, Mr. Levine, to abandon his trans- Atlantic flight this year.

He refused to give Mr. Levine" certificate of airworthiness for the Min Columbia, on account of the unfavourable weather.

Mr. Levine, interviewed, said that if the weather cleared by September 15th, he and the British airman Hinchcliffe would start their fight..

[RETTER'S: AMERICAN SERVICE] Fonck's Attempt.

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