AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1931, Page 5

AVIATION

BOUND FOR N.Z.

SOUTBKUX fIIOSS Jm

WELLINGTON, January 7

'I lie Oiliot Post Office lias received a report from Sydney that the aeroplane 'Southern Cross .J nr. was reported as having left Sydney at one o'clock this morning, bound lor New Zealand. All shipping was requested to keep- a sharp look util. STATEMENT DENIED. SYDNEY. .January 7. Kingston! Smith is in Melbourne. His flight to New Zealand is not even contemplated. FLIGHT TO N.Z. (Special). (Received this day at 2 p.m.)) SYU'N E'Y, Jan uary 7. A Sydney air club member. Menzies, hopped off at one o’clock for New Zealand in the Southern Cross Junior, in which, Smithy came from England. It is understood he im.si eighteen hours petrol. The whole enterprise is wrapped in mystery. LANDED AT HARIHARJ. The postmaster of Hokitika advises that the moth aeroplane which left Sydney this morning at 1 o’clock N.Z. time landed at Mr Berry’s paddock at Harihari this afternoon at 2.45 o’clock after circling Okarito.

OFF TO BRAZIL

(United Pres.. Association—By Electric

Telegraph.—Copyright.)

(Received this day at 8 a.m.) -ROME, January G. Tip. Balbos seaplanes have left Bolaina for Port Natal, Brazil. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. NINE NEAR MAINLAND. (Re.-eived this day at 9 40 a.m.) FERNANDO DO NORQNHA, (Brazil), January 6. Six planes of the Balbo trans-at-lantie fleet passed this island 125 from the mainland at 2.36 this afternoon. Three more planes passed a few minutes later. ONE PLANE DOWN. (Received this day at 9 n •" FERNANDO DO NORONHA, Jan. 7. The tenth and eleventh planes followed nearly an hour after the first group. RIO DE JANERTO, January 6. The “National Telegraph Dispatch” says one of the Italian planes is down owing to motor trouble, at sea off San Pedro, in San Panto Islands, St Paul’s rocks. Jt was taken in tow by ail Italian cruiser. \ PLANES LAND. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) NATAL, (Brazil), January 6. Tito ten Italian pianos landed in Natal harbour this®afternoon, the first four completing the flight from Boloma (West Africa) in seventeen hours fifteen minutes