CONGRATULATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 85, 11 April 1931, Page 9

CONGRATULATIONS.

Prime Ministers Pay Tribute to Fine Performance. WIFE OVERJOYED. —— \ (Received 11 a.m.) r ■ SYDNEY, this day. A.London message states:—Mr. Ramsey Mac Donald telegraphed from Lossiemouth: "Delighted at Mr. Scott's arrival. I congratulate him on his wonderful achievement." ' Sir' Malcolm Campbell' says: "Well done Scott. It was an awfully fine show. His enterprise and determina-tion-deserved success." _ The news of the aviator's arrival at Darwin reached his father at Colchester *hen he was at breakfast. ''That is splendid, he cried. "The boy has done * marvellous thing." The" father conveyed the news to his young wife. Mrs. Scott, the wife of the aviator, and her little daughter, who are staying Mar London, were overjoyed by to-day's ae*s, coming as it did after many days of anxious strain.

1 • Canberra dispatch says the Prime Minister, Mr. J. H. Scullin, sent his congratulations to Mr. Scott. "We feel proud of the fact that the coveted honour has fallen to the lot of another Australian. Your notable achievement has once again demonstrated the skill and mtrepidity of Australian airmen." A message from Melbourne says that ®ngsford Smith sent a telegram conning his heartiest congratulations. He enthusiastically praised Scott's feat, »mch he described "as a great piece of •work." "PURE ENGLISH." SCOTT'S NATIONALITY. , ' (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 10. ; "Charles is pure English, body and soul," Mr. Scott's father declared in % to Mr. Scullin's claim that Scott *as an Australian.

> POWERFUL ATHLETE. , THE MAN AND HIS 'PLANE. ' - . ' (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, April 10. 4 Mr. Scott himself is a Londoner, and ' , at Westminster School. He is over ® x wet. When in the Royal Air Force I was the heavy-weight boxing chamhi Pi°n. His 'plane is a 120 horse-power i "ipsy Moth and is of a standard design | * for the extra petrol storage. h'y "Throughout the flight the engine, which K L the same type as used by Kingsford omith, behaved perfectly..