CHICHESTER LEAVES
ROUSING FAREWELL FROM AUSTRALIA CROSSING TO NEW ZEALAND Reed. 9.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. When the Maunganui left for Wellington yesterday with the New Zealand airman, Mr. F. C. Chichester, on board, several airplanes flew over the vessel as a tribute to the Intrepid aviator. Among those at. the wharf were Dr. J. S. Purdy and Mr. H. L. Havyatt. As a parting word Mr Chichester said he would have liked to fly across the Tasman to the Dominion, and so finish the job. Ho hoped to attempt the task later. Meanwhile he would resume his ordinary vocation in New Zealand. He expressed gratitude for the overwhelming kindness of the Australian people ever since he arrived at DarMr. Chichester’s airplane Is on board the Maunganui among the deck cargo aft. Ringing cheers were given when the vessel began to move away. The wealth of coloured streamers broke and became a tangled mass In the hands of the brave airman and his hosts of admirers.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 892, 8 February 1930, Page 9
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165CHICHESTER LEAVES Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 892, 8 February 1930, Page 9
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