WILL CARRY ON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 7

WILL CARRY ON.

"SMITHY'S" WIDOW. No Modification in Plans for Tasman Air Service. READY IN JUNE NEXT YEAR? United Press- Association.—Copyright. (Received 12 noon.) SYDNEY, this day. The "Daily Telegraph" aviation writer says that Lady Kingsford Smith decided at a meeting of the Trans-Tasman Air Development Company, Limited, to carry on the company with her own resources. She will accept the seat on the hoard of the company which was occupied by her husband.

The company will' proceed witli its plans for an Australia-New Zealand air service and will not modify Sir Charles' plans for its operation.

Mr. Beau Shiel, director of the company, states that the service will be conducted with two American Sikorsky "Clipper" ships, and he expects it to be operating by June, 1930. SEARCH FOR FLYERS. DISCOVERY 11. FOR THE SOUTH. (Received 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The crew of the whaling research vessel Discovery 11., 'which is to aid in the search for Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth and Mr. T. Hollick-Kenyon in the Antarctic, will be guided by advice contained in wireless messages from Sir Hubert Wilkins, whq is now with Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth's ship Wyatt Earp. Sir Hubert has requested the Discovery 11. to steam as quickly as possible to the Bay of Whales to try to pick up messages from the missing aviators and to remain there until January 25, when it will be joined by the Wyatt Earp. PILOT EXONERATED. CRASH OF DHB6 AT TASMANIA. (Received 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, tliis day. The report of the inquiry by the Air Accidents Investigation Committee into the accident to the DHSG air liner Lepena exonerates and justifies the pilot in making an emergency landing. No plans have been made for the salvage of the Lepena on Hunter Island. The chairman of Holyman's Airways states that the cost would be considerable. POPULARISING FLYING. C. W. A. SCOTT'S NEW VENTURE (Received 12 noon.) LONDON, December 17. A company entitled C. W. A. Scott's Flying Display, Ltd., has acquired from Sir Alan Cobliam aircraft and other assets for a national aviation display. Mr. Scott will be chairman, and the directors will include Mr. Campbell Black and Miss Jean Batten. The company aims at popularising . flying and according novices opportunities for dual control.