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London (Port of entry)

a port of entry and the principal city of Middlesex co., Ontario, Canada; on the Thames river, and the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific, the Michigan Central, the Père Marquette, and the London and Port Stanley railroads; about 120 miles W. of Toronto. It is in one of the finest agricultural districts of the Dominion, and has numerous iron foundries, machine shops, mills, chemical works, boot and shoe factories, tanneries, breweries, printing offices, and other industrial establishments. It is the seat of Western University and College, and of Huron College; contains Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals, several hospitals, lunatic asylum, orphan asylum, convent, several banks, libraries, daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. London is a noted summer and health resort, its white sulphur springs attracting many invalids. Pop. about 60,000. LONDON-AUSTRALIA FLIGHT. In 1919 the Australian Government offered a $50,000 prize for an aeroplane flight from England to Australia, 30 days being allowed for the journey. The flight was successfully carried out by Captain Ross Smith and his brother, Lieutenant Keith M. Smith, who left Hounslow Aerodrome on Nov. 12, 1919, in a Vickers- Vimy bomber, and by way of Crete, Cairo, Bagdad, Delhi made the journey of 10,- 500 miles in 28 days, arriving at Port Darwin, Australia, on Dec. 10, 1919.