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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 10

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CANTERBURY'S FLYING HERO. HEAVY mail to deal with. (By Telegraph.—Press Assoc'utlon.) CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. Unprepared for tho fame which has descended - upon him after his Tasman flight, Mr. Ernie Clark found himself surrounded to-day by heaps of correspondence, consisting chiefly of congratulatory letters and telegrams. So great was the task of dealing with the messages received, that Mr. Clark was obliged to abandon his earlier plan of flying home to YVaikari to-day. He now proposes to deal with further correspondence to-morrow morning, and to Hy to his farm to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Clark said he had made no plans for the immediate future. He did not intend to lose touch with Hying, but he was not contemplating anything in the nature of a tour of the Dominion. During his visit to Britain, he had interested himself in the commercial side of aviation, and it was possible that he would make business visits to the chief centres of the Dominion next month. Referring to a statement cabled from Sydney that he had carried on his flight a tomahawk and a hacksaw for cutting away the engine if he should be forced down at sea, Mr. Clark said he doubted his ability to perform "this task. His main idea in carrying the tools was to cut a hole in the fuselage if forced down. He also intended to int the patrol line above the tap, as without the petrol the aeroplane ought thave floated for a long time on a ei'fln 6ea. Mr. Clark also carried flares, cm:f gencv'rrations, and a •qiiant'ty of fresh water. , ■ ;