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Hokitika Guardian, 28 January 1932, Page 3

HOKITIKA’S FIRST lit MAIL MAKiS RECORD RUN |S4. Mi lllf I • r\. SMsMS MM im .......... 1 V % \< > ' \M:Ks .. ./- > ' >' v * O , . ,-jft ' •• <■ S5S%i Mi; „ v' 1 *" :*x S 5 * V<> • : VvJ:; SQUADRON uEADE R MrGR2 G 0 R, who jilnted the first Air Mail ’plane from Wei mat n I'Gi# 3&SE&f|lj§ v **: * •\ \ piloted .... .. „.. ~. „ „ to Hokitika, says:—“The engine imctrned .vr ||, M* fectly and never missed a beat throughout tne entire r:n Furthermore, a great deal of t'-e success of this ‘hop’ was due to the wondeiful service of the Texas Go. in refue ling at every st p ” • •EXACTLY THE SAME X X j MS The Mail ’plane left Rongotai Airport, Wellington, at 8 a.m., Wednesday last and reached Nelson at 9..18, twelve minutes ahead of schedule. Westpft t was reached at 13.50. 'The tr.p was cotfti'nued at 11.12 and Hokitika was reached an hour later, thirty-three minutes ahead of schedule. Tne return trip commenced at 2.10 p.m. and, after making two calls en route, the ’plane landed at Rongotai a 5.30 p.m., forty minutes earlier than was anticipated. . A gruelling lest—and a great achievement for. Pdojt, Machine, and FOR T -, TH£ TEXAS COMPANY, AUSTRAL ASIA,’“LTD.) * ’ n | f is mml It* *JPiB

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