SOUTHERN CROSS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 421, 4 January 1933, Page 5

SOUTHERN CROSS

ViSIT TO ROTORUA LAND ING GROUND AT TE - NGAE PRONOUNCED " SATISFAGTORY 5 TOUR MANAGER'S VISIT During the week-end Mr. Wilfv-l Kingsford Smith, br other of ; Si * Charles Kingsford Smith and mana? - er of the Southern Cross tour, arrived in •Rotorua in company with Mi. •Nesbit?, 'secretary of • the Wellington Aero Club and Mr. Sheil, ftviatioa officer to the Vacuttm Oil Compan- , During their stay they were entc-- - - tained by Squadron-Leader Butler, Mr. J. D. Davys, chairman of directors of Rotorua Airways, Ltd., and the manager of Brents. A visit was paid to the pro'posed landingr; fielcr On Mrs. W. H. Smith's sheep Statioa at Te Ngae and was pronounced'satisfactory subject to the removal oi" certain fences and a small amoUnt of filling work. Mr. R. Copeland Smith received the visitors with every courtesy and has granted the necessary permission to use the. landing ground. Th© Borough Council Publicity Com mittee will shortly be asked for their assistance in the preparation of the runway for the landing. The expense to a certain limit will be bornc by the visitors. The itinerary provides for the Southern Cross to come straight through to Rotorua after the landing at New Plymouth and after allowing of a sufficient time for -the party to recuperate at Rotorua after the trans-Tasman flighty the Southern Cross will undertake passenger flights — tlie machine will car.ly up to 14 passengers on a trip and each flight will occupy about 15 minutes. Exact details will be. available later. The date of arrival at Rotorua will be about January 16 or 17. ' No accommodation was available in Rotorua for the party — even an application to the Waiotapu HoteL proved unsuccessful. One member • stayed up all night and the other two slept in an armchair. They departed the following morning by car for Napier well pleased with the. hospitality extended to them during their short stay in Rotorua.