Britain's largest land aeroplane, the new Ensign class airliner built.for Imperial Airways, being prepared recently for its first trial flight at HambleT Hampshire, where it was built at the -Armstrqng-Whitworth works. The machine is the first of a fleet'of'fourteen tO'.be used ort European and Empire services. 'It weighs 20 tons and is powered by four engines, givingya top speed of 200 miles per.hour.andaxruising:: speed of 180 milesi The overall length is H4ft,; the wing span1127ft,.ahd'thereivill-be room for forty •'■' passengers\an'd a crew'of- fipe, ,;:>fer-, KosmosiPress Bureau Phot?, The main enbrance-of- the Wellington Railioay; Station. For honr&at a timetthere£.is^a?stead% ftptgpfccarfy andl.ffaQpcKsen^s-afcjfa^Trirpasingjponwcu. 'After Ac:, Japanese had i surrounded the native quarter, of Shanghai, sixi thousand Chinese IroopsiehteredtheFrench Concession and- wer& .disarmed and- put into-a concentration camp. An aerial[-view;.p[ IFairarapa College at Masierton,. which ij^to be opened early in 1938. An article dealing with the college appears on. '"'■"■ '■' – "■■'■■ ' -■ ' ' this~.paget _ ■ " — "Sport and General" rhoto. . The King visited llw Duchy of Cornwall early this month, his main purpose being to meet the tenants of the Duchy. His Majesty also received feudal dues from those loho occupy land or enjoy certain privileges. Among the dues received were 100 shillings in a silver mug, one pound of pepper on a silver dish, a grey riding cloak, a brace of greyhounds, and a salmon spear and a "carriage" of wood, which Mr./ Stanley Longford is seen presenting oil December 1. (Evening Post, 21 December 1937)

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Britain's largest land aeroplane, the new Ensign class airliner built.for Imperial Airways, being prepared recently for its first trial flight at HambleT Hampshire, where it was built at the -Armstrqng-Whitworth works. The machine is the first of a fleet'of'fourteen tO'.be used ort European and Empire services. 'It weighs 20 tons and is powered by four engines, givingya top speed of 200 miles per.hour.andaxruising:: speed of 180 milesi The overall length is H4ft,; the wing span1127ft,.ahd'thereivill-be room for forty •'■' passengers\an'd a crew'of- fipe, ,;:>fer-, KosmosiPress Bureau Phot?, The main enbrance-of- the Wellington Railioay; Station. For honr&at a timetthere£.is^a?stead% ftptgpfccarfy andl.ffaQpcKsen^s-afcjfa^Trirpasingjponwcu. 'After Ac:, Japanese had i surrounded the native quarter, of Shanghai, sixi thousand Chinese IroopsiehteredtheFrench Concession and- wer& .disarmed and- put into-a concentration camp. An aerial[-view;.p[ IFairarapa College at Masierton,. which ij^to be opened early in 1938. An article dealing with the college appears on. '"'■"■ '■' – "■■'■■ ' -■ ' ' this~.paget _ ■ " — "Sport and General" rhoto. . The King visited llw Duchy of Cornwall early this month, his main purpose being to meet the tenants of the Duchy. His Majesty also received feudal dues from those loho occupy land or enjoy certain privileges. Among the dues received were 100 shillings in a silver mug, one pound of pepper on a silver dish, a grey riding cloak, a brace of greyhounds, and a salmon spear and a "carriage" of wood, which Mr./ Stanley Longford is seen presenting oil December 1. (Evening Post, 21 December 1937)

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