AIR HERO’S DAY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 246, 7 January 1928, Page 24

AIR HERO’S DAY

WEBSTER VISITS HOME TOWN I light- Lieut. S. X. Webster tho v'S, was *g?ven C a. 0 wondertul "r jc e p ’ sh°£e7hls native*’town. a!Sal1 ’ Sta «-dAt the boundary of the tmx-n greeted his mother, who was seated in fecTnT'onl: the £*«*- fojyor a i l : m^ n ' < ~a . c c °mpanied by the J--J or, ti. Leckie, drove through thp mam streets of the town in a motor! cbiidrJ he r °Y te ,va ? lined with school t h c d a ' a * nd ever >'ivhere there were the densest crowds. "ere Outside the municipal buildings a number of gifts, from the townspeoolt including a silver plaque and a iTilver T < i! e *- b wA " ere Presented to FlightLieut. W ebster by the Mavor, and this ceremony was followed by a public luncheon in the town hall, at which pald a h 'Fh tribute to the machine^ 8 T/h ° tended bb > -nnmg rejoicta B s eVe Th S tbere ' vere further through Ah. r airman again drove tnrough the town, preceded bv a .orehlight procession. The celehm t.ons concluded with a firework d”l noonie XSt °' Ve Town Council and townspeople were arranging a banquet and stc" and th°e 0 <? r b 0f a liSht - Lieut - Webstor ana the Schneider Cun team ind Air Vice-Marshal F, R. Scarlet"'