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HOW GRANT WILL BE USED S£LF r APPOINTED TASK (Special to THE SUN) WELLINGTON, Thursday. gratefully thank yourself and the Government for the magnificent grant Pf' and we desjre. to. aa&ure ypu that the money will enable us to. conduct further experimental flights, which we are hopeful will* be of to Empire aviation.” JN a telegram of thanks to the Prime Minister to-day, Squad-ron-Leader Kingsford Smith and Flight-Lieutenant LTlm indicated that the Southern Cross has hy no means pioneered her last a*ir trail.
“We desire to thank you, the Government and‘the citizens of New Zealand for your telegram congratulating us,” said the airmen. “If our self-ap-pointed task of demonstrating the safety and qtili.ty of long-distance flights has met with success we are happy. Through us the Prime Minister, the Governor and the people of Australia send greetings, and we carry a letter to you from Mr. Bruce, which we will deliver In Wellington in a few days.” Mr. T.. H. McWilliam has sent the following telegram to Mr. Coates: “My sincere thanks to you, sir, and to the people of New Zealand, for your very kind message of welcome.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 459, 14 September 1928, Page 1
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