Etampes, Dec. 27, The French airman, M. Maurice Amoux, to-day broke the world record for the 100 Jem. fight. Using Caudron-Renault single seater with cylinder capacity of nine tres, MIN, Arnoux covered the distance in minutes and 5.150 seconds, at a speed of 391.783 kam, per, hour. Havas, Loaded Seaplane Record Bordeaux, Dec. 27.
The French airman, M. Guillaumet, piloting the giant seaplane Lieutenant-de Vaisseau Paris, established a new speed record for seaplanes with fa ten ton load. He covered a dis~ tance of 1,000 kin. at an average speed of 211.002 kin. per hour Havas fRANCE'S BUDGET PASSED
Paris, Jan, 1.
By an overwhelming majority, both the' Senate and the Chamber of Deputies passed the budget to-day In the Senate, it was adopted by a vole of 276/20, while the House assed it by 527/(The hi had been sent back and forth between the Chamber and the Senate five times, each time one or the other having made certain altera tions to it, 'The accepted budget for 1038 calls for xecelpis totalling Frs. 54,770,000, 000, and expenses reaching 'a figure of Frs, $4,739,000,000. 'Thus expenses exceed receipts by Frs. 37,000,000, "After the closing decree' had been read in both houses, the Chamber adjourned until January,11.—-Havas
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