INTERESTED IN AIRPORT
JAPANESE PRINCE VISITS CROYDON ’DROME GUEST OF BRITAIN British Official Wireless Reed. 11.45 a.m. RUGBY, Thursday. Prince and Princess Takamatsu of Japan visited Croydon airdrome today. They were ■welcomed by Lord Thomson, Secretary for Air, and Sir Sefton Branckner. The Royal visitors were much impressed by London’s air port, and they asked many questions about the up-to-date machines which carry on air services to the Continent and India. Several pilots were presented to them. They spent nearly half an hour in the control tower, watching the operators communicating with various air-liners on their way to and from the Continent. FRIEND FROM BRAZIL British Official Wireless Reed. 11.35 a.m. RUGBL, Thursday. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, gave a dinner this evening at the Foreign Office in honour of Dr. Jules Prestes, President-Elect of Brazil. The guests included Cabinet Ministers and other political leaders, the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Montague Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, Mr. Lionel de Rothschild, and heads of tlie military, naval and air services.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1015, 4 July 1930, Page 11
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172INTERESTED IN AIRPORT Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1015, 4 July 1930, Page 11
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