TAXI FLIGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1933, Page 2

TAXI FLIGHT

FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

A PEER’S SECOND VISIT

(Australian press. Association)

SYDNEY, November 20

!■; Sydney* : <lwl jibt fail to extend;,; a j wprm . .welcome to Lord Apslev dud 'Mr W. P. G. Crawford-Gi'eene, oh their arsyal after a' 2-leisurely flight from 'London .by . aeroplane. A Spartan cruiser aeroplane wag used, ipd it .proved to be an ideal means of conveyance- There was no attempt to break 'records, and the long journey - was made in much quicker time than that taken by the mail boats, without the least mishap. It was another indication of the improved facilities for ■world travel by aeroplane and of the reliability of 'the modern aeroplane. ’'•Lord ATpsley is a cone in of Lord Bledisloe, Governor-General of New Zealand, and a 'brother-in-law of Lord Somers, formerly Governor of Victoria. The secret of (a former visit to Australia was partially revealed at a luncheon given dn his •honour by 'the New South Wales branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association. 4 broad grin (came over . Lord >Apsley’,s'face when th & representative of. the .Goyernniom referred to a previous visit of “the mysterious Mr IB.” Lord Aipsley removed his longstemmed pipe, and winked so broadly to his companion that ev-eryopo laughed. It has since been discovered th x t, in order to nee Australia "first hand” Lord Apslcy.eawe to Western Australia | about 10 years ago as a group settler.. I "I was most impre&sod by Australia's ] Wetness and her wonderful variety of country,” said Lord Apsley iu an .interview, and doubtless he made a comparison with the Australia he knew as a settler, and the aerial checkboai'd lie has ■ just flown over from Wyndh-ni to Sydney. He said that his vkits to Australia ih" each instance had been prompted .'by .more or less casual remarks made i n the smoking room of the House of Commons. He hopes before hin .return to England to renew acqujaintances ho made iq Western. - Australia during his venture as a ■ settler.