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SOUTHERN CROSS IN TARANAKI. TO FL\ BACK TO AUSTRALIA. (Per Press. Copyright.) NFDV PLYMOUTH, January 17. “The Southern Cross ; wfik he flown across the Tasman, back,to Australia, at the end of the New Zealand tour,”,, said Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, before his departure for Rotorua this afternoon. He said he expected to take off. at the Ninety Mile Beach. He es-: : timoted the cost of flying the Tasman 1 Sea- at about £75.
Fourteen persons were aboard the big monoplane when it feffc to-day for Rotorua. '• ■ <
At New Plymouth Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has had remarkable success with his commercial flying. On Sunday he established a record for Australia or New Zealand. In the event of the establishment of a trans-Tasman service by some multi-engined machine, .Smith estimated that the probable fare would be £lB to £2O.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1933, Page 5
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138AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1933, Page 5
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