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Evening Post" Photo. Men of the Ist Battalion Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own) leaving the Basin Reserve on Saturday after inspection by the Quartermaster-General, Colonel P. H. Bell, D.5.0., and on their way to the Town Hall.for inspection by the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop. Below, Colonel Bell, accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel A. L. George, commandant of the regiment, is seen carrying out the inspection at the Basin Reserve. (Evening Post, 26 August 1940)
This photographic diagram shoivs the ivorld's largest aeroplane, the Douglas 819 long-range bomber, as it recently looked in its steel jig at the Santa Monica (California) plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company. The black lines show the size of the centre section and wing, minus twelve feet of tips. It is being built by 500 craftsmen and 100 engineers, 200 of whom are shown on the jig's seven working levels. This photograph was taken from the tail section, which will be joined to the nose section behind the jig after the huge steel skeleton of the supporting structure is removed. The most formidable aircraft in history, this new United States army bomber will weigh over seventy tons when fully loaded, and its four engines will develop 6000 horse-poiver. Flying tests of the giant aeroplane are to take place about October. (Evening Post, 26 August 1940)
1 . Central Press Photo, The famous Camel Corps, a detachment of which engaged an Italian frontier post in Somaliland, a number of casualties resulting on both sides. . "Evening Post" Photo. Handing over a cheque for £202,663 8s 3d, making a total of £442,045 3s 8d paid in on behalf of the Sick, Wounded, and Distress appeal. Mr. G. A. Hay den (seated), secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board, is receiving the cheque from Major J. Abel, Dominion organiser of the appeal. At the back are Mr. J. W. Jack (right), of the joint council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society, and Mr. K. Falconer, accountant and joint secretary of the same organisations. (Evening Post, 05 July 1940)