MR OSCAR GARDEN.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20094, 25 November 1930, Page 13

MR OSCAR GARDEN.

—♦ — 1 RECEPTION AT WELLINGTON TO-DAY. [THE PRESS Special Service.J WELLINGTON, November 2-1. After a, flight from England to Australia, the time .of which ranks as the third fastest on. record, Mr Oscar Garden, the- Christchurch aviator, will arrive in Wellington at: midday to-morrow from Sydney , by . the Ulipiaroa. '• The vessel was duo to! arrive in :th6' stream at 9-o'clock in the morning, . but head .tfTrids^h'at?4flayed her. The- - UUmaroa- is expected to berth at the Queen's Wharf at about

1.30 p.m. The first not© of welcome to the aviator will bo in No. 2 shed 011 the wharf, where a reception will be held, and at which speeches of welcome will be given by the chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board (Mr J. W. McEwen), the Director of Air Services (Wing-Commander Grant-Dalton), the president of the Wellington Aero Club, and Mr i£. A. Sevier, general manager of the Vacuum Oil Company. The arrangements for the "reception are in the hands of; the Wellington Aero Clubv Arrangements have been made for i the immediate landing of Mr Garden's . aeroplane, Kia- Ora. After - the recej> I tion on the wharf a procession will proceed to the Town Hall, where the Mayor (Mr G.-A; Troup) will extend a > civic welcome to Mr Garden in the Concert Chamber ni 3 p.m. The procession through the -streets will be headed by the TrariiVays" Band, and will include Mr, Garden's aeroplane, > which will- be-mounted-oft- a " > Speeches of welcome at the Town Ball

will also be given bv the Hon. J. GCobbo (Minister for Defence) and others. ... Further arrangements regarding Mr Garden's stay in Wellington provide for morning tea with members of Cabinet at Parliament House at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, and a reception by the English Speaking Union on Wednesday evening. On Thursday evening Mr Garden will be welcomed at a gathering arranged by the Y-acuum Oil Company. Following it, Mr (»a r ~ den will speak to tliß people of New Zealand from 2\*'A. On - Friday eveii'ing he will atterjd a banquet arranged. oy the Wellington Aero Club, at whicu leading citizens-will be present. ----- Mr Garden has sent a ..radio, message to the Mayor of Tima'ru from the Un---maroa accepting an invitation to fly first to his honie -to'rfn. He will am*f*at Timaru on Friday.—Press Assoctft*" tion.