/^HARLES KINGSFORDSMITH, master builder of-aerial accomplishment, constructor of imperishable niches m the Hall of Fame, has at last spread his wings across the stormy division between New Zealand and her sister dominion, Australia, and set another corner-stone m the edifice of Empire communication. < Not for him the blatant cheapness of trick feats and breath-taking evolutions, but rather the concentration of mettle and method upon the more vital, more useful processes that may lead to the progress of tomorrow's generations. ■■■'•• ■ . :■ Maybe, the citizenry of New Zealand chafed ■ somewhat. at the delay, failing to remember that theirs was not the hazard, not theirs the. risk of death; but the prescience,..of Kingsford Smith and his comrades was too deep-rooted to heed the heady intoxication of stunt adventuring. Caution held the situation and stern endeavor found fruition, m fine, success. Greetings! ' : '

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 1

/^HARLES KINGSFORDSMITH, master builder of -aerial accomplishment, constructor of imperishable niches m the Hall of Fame, has at last spread his wings across the stormy division between New Zealand and her sister dominion, Australia, and set another corner-stone m the edifice of Empire communication. < Not for him the blatant cheapness of trick feats and breath-taking evolutions, but rather the concentration of mettle and method upon the more vital, more useful processes that may lead to the progress of tomorrow's generations. ■■■'•• ■ . :■ Maybe, the citizenry of New Zealand chafed ■ somewhat . at the delay, failing to remember that theirs was not the hazard, not theirs the. risk of death; but the prescience,.. of Kingsford Smith and his comrades was too deep-rooted to heed the heady intoxication of stunt adventuring. Caution held the situation and stern endeavor found fruition, m fine, success. Greetings! ' : '