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Show GIANT AIRSHIP 18 NEAR1 British Dirigible R-34 Making Good Time on Ocean Trip. LONDON. Julv 4 (By The Associ-ated Associ-ated Press). The position of the Brit- ( I ish dirigible R-34, according to a re-' re-' port received by the air ministry at 3 J o'clock this morning was 51.20 north I latitude and 4S 40 west longitude. This gives the position of the craft as just ( ( east of New Foundland. " I Expected at Noon. - ST. JOHN'S. N. F.. July 4. The R-34 reached Notre Dame bay at six a. m., it was announced and was to! pass over St. John's at noon, coming sufficiently near the ground to be seen 1 by citizens and dropping a mall bag , for tho governor. Owing to weather conditions being more favorable further south, it was announced by the British admiralty , w eless station the R-34 changed its earlier announced course The airship, it was said, in earlier radio advices, had been obliged to take the northerly track because of atmospheric depression here due to a hi avy rainstorm and a thick fog. The fog, it was believed, would lift by noon. Fog Delays Flight. HARBOR GRACE. N. F., July 4 Heavy fog following a rainstorm caused Vice Admiral Kerr to announce at 7 a. mk today that the start of the Handley-Paige non-stop flight to New ork had been postponed until the ! weather had cleared, which will prob-lably prob-lably be some time this afternoon. Command to Aviators MINEOLA, N. Y , July 4 All aviators avia-tors today were forbidden above or wnhin one mile of the R-34 upon its approach to Mineola. The navy has sent this warning to Montauk. Rock-; Rock-; away Point and Chatham, Mass., where I seaplanes are stationed, to guard j against a possible mishap to the big dirigible. Up to 10 a. m. United States radio stations near New York had failed to i (,'et a response to inquiries as to the R 34's exact position. R-34 at Notre Dame Bay. NKW YORK, July 4 After reading Associated Press dispatches announcing announc-ing the arrival of the R-34 at Notre Dame bay earlv today, Lieutenant Colonel Col-onel F W. Lucas, Royal air force, who has general supervision of the reception recep-tion of the R-34. stated that the dirigible dirigi-ble probably would reach New York Saturday morning Lieutenant-Colonel Lucas v. as without information on the progress of the ship other than pre-;- di.-patches. oo |