AIRMEN REACH COAST

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 376, 9 June 1928, Page 1

AIRMEN REACH COAST

SOUTH OF BRISBANE The next message came through just before 10 o’clock. The operator stated that he was holding his key down to indicate that everything was all right. At 10.45 it was announced that the relay line to Brisbane was interfered with and that some difficulty was being experienced in picking up the relay; It was slated that thousands of people had gathered in the vicinity of the landing place and the excitement was intense. The next message from the Southern Cross broadcast at 11.25 was to the effect that It would take about 15 minutes for the airplane to reach Brisbane from the point where it reached the Australian coast. At 11.5 a.m. a message was received by IYA, Auckland, from the Southern Cross advising that the airmen had struck the coast just below Brisbane and were making their way up the coast “We are 17 miles from Brisbane and passing over a small town called Beanlynn,” was the next message received from the Southern Cross. This message was received at Auckland at The news of the safe arrival of the Southern Cross at Brisbane was broadcast at 11.57 a.m. Congratulations to Captain Kingsford Smith and the crew of the airplane were immediately broadcast from IYA, Auckland.