Australia is disposed to take! aeronautics with the same casualness that her soldiers displayed in warfare. A seaplane has just got up off the water near Melbourne to fly round Australia, surveying the coast line for flying' purposes. The Total flight "will be 9,000 miles, and the longest non-stop' journey about 450 miles between Thursday Island and Eleho Island in the extreme north. Though there is reason to think that the journey will involve considerable risks no one seems particularly interested. Since Mr.
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