STATEMENT DENIED.
MONCRIEFF’S FLIGHT. NO FINANCIAL EMBARRASSMENT. (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, This Day. Captain Kight, on his return to Dannevirke, took strong exception to statements in Australian newspapers that the New Zealand airmen (Lieutenant Moncrieff and Captain " Hood) were under any financial embarrassment in Australia. A number of statements published are quite untrue. Messrs A. McNicol and IT J. MacDonald (trustees of the Flight Fund) state that at no time did they receive word that the men needed money in Australia, and a 6 far as can be seen at present the fund is capable of meeting all expenses in connection with it. Captain Kight further states that the only reason the flight was made at the particular time was because the weather report was favourable and the airmen decided to take advantage of it.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 84, 19 January 1928, Page 4
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135STATEMENT DENIED. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 84, 19 January 1928, Page 4
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