"THE OLD BUS"
quest of Everest or of the South Pole can be _ utilised. These adventures we still praise for the triumph of the human race over its limitations. Other achieyements like Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s flight over the Tasman open up great possibilities which are quickly explored. Twenty-five years ago, 3YA’s commemorative programme vividly reminded us, the "Old Bus" fought a dangerous 1414-hour passage through snow and cloud from Australid to New Zealand. Now in very truth the Southern Cross is an "Old Bus," as dated to our eyes as the Wright brothers’ first plane, illustrated in the School Journal, was to the boys of the 1920’s. A regular flight turns the Tasman into a lake and ‘jet planes threaten to make it a puddle: all in 25 years. One may be forgiven here for listening to thé facts rather thah the manner of production. I did think, howéver. that in the bar-room smal] talk a real "Kiwi" voice might have been used with effect, The florid 1; is difficult to see how the con-
sentimentality of the programme seemed to suit an exploit which must have hit the headlines throughout the world.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 741, 25 September 1953, Page 10
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194"THE OLD BUS" New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 741, 25 September 1953, Page 10
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