"ON WINGS OF THE MORNING"
FIRST TASMAN FLIGHT.
MEMORIAL SLAB LAID
(F>y Telegraph.—l'ress Association.)
CHRIS ("CHURCH, this clay.
Following is the inscription on the slab laid at Wigram Aerodrome to mark the spot where the Southern Cross landed—•
"Here tho Southern Cross first touchcd New Zealand soil, after 1 lie pioneer aeroplane flight across the Tasman Sea, September 11, IDiiS."
Then follows the names of the four airmen, and the words: "They came on the wings of the morning." This stone was laid by Sir Henrv Wigram."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 5
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87"ON WINGS OF THE MORNING" Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 230, 28 September 1928, Page 5
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