ON HER WAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 8

ON HER WAY.

- • ( CENTAURUS' TOUR.' | DUE ABOUT 5 P.M. j FGCR FLYISG GOMOiTIQMS. D Oil) Iln-AU C"KL.A"*tD FTJGHT. Tsw u-. a • - >ke lei's L :, ineia >.'■ '5 •- a.m.. ii'> t, ■!■■>.{ : W; : [J j." '4.,j.3 J,..11.. Tie ie "t W' " n l f'e'i •* no arv*.~n A ar*<i u ax n 3 m. 7.- de e'ld i t.ie '■ 1 " ' ; :le me-saie ~r.t-.i-i. ."Mi"': to v ■ '.Vj„ .4 .v i. -- '• •• • :orne «tnd Hi::;', noi:. ga:7T. at Cendlnions tiiroasu-xn; the eonrse ox j :ke d.X -'. ire n« , n rooti. and j,:, W liling-:--n -j>! "! v i.< 'm&vv ra.a -iad iLiny. acno-piing s-> receive l ! r/j neleotioae- A Press Associanion aiee-a -e ' : "[•; has be-in racing V-; -;, iere since tke ship artr M. on" '.s ioes not irea nlv afjc* nit; 1 -hoagh in ajay interfere wick ret'ie!: :-z-' The C-inca'ims wa..< aot <iiw no arm- e ; n Wellington until 1.0 a.ai.. jii.ii apparan sly. ow~a«r fc<> bail ffytajr conditions. is 1 -vas decided to cut orrt the detour over j -.lie w(Ht coast oc tie- So ask- Island. and: nke "piitne made a fast passage ap the j tast eoast from Dunetlin. A Press Asso- j elation message from. tke Sjnthern wntre recorded that there was a large crowd present Co see ker leave--

The Hon. F- -J-ones- Minister of Ue-f-ence-* wfioee- home i&. Em Btniedia- was t passenger. There ri». no incident tcr liar tire-. departure-* tfie weatfier being waassfr but, line- After warming up> -or & few minutes tfie big flying-boat *-jok oif straight dQfsscn tfie Barbour. Slie Sew fi%hi do wn tie coast* beet tier 3assag& was noted a.t a number of uentres* Iter graceful sliape outlined against the: overcast skies. Biad weather was- also experienced over- Cook Strait* 'jut & good landing was. on Evans Bay. For a white there- was indecision! regarding: tie time of .fier departure and sfie route to, iie foilawedv but eventually it was decided! to maintain cfie- previoaslV arranged sefiednfe* and to> leave- Wellington for Auckland at I Tfie name? may bp altered! if bad weather is. experienced* and t&e Centaurus- may yet arrive Sere ahead of tile. appointed timeBumpy Tea Mnmtas. A Press Association correspondent on ward tfie Ceutaiinnis on tie- ttiglrt from. Jumrdnr, states tfiat off tfie "Clarence -vrvep t&e Kaikoizras s&owed op: amid jfcack and ragged clouds. T&e skip Md * bumpy ten minute*. then for st few aiiantes tfiere was almost still amrAnead!* fiowe-uer,. was a murk of rain sfiruuigfii wfiiL'fi tfte r pJkne passed across (Cook Strait tt> WeEEnictoaA Wellington Press Association Message states? Tie Centaurus arrived £ fio urs 4S miniates after taking off 3mn ©UnedEn «n<s & perfect Eandon Evans; I&sy in a blustering, fiearvy oort&erly. A fairly •stiff soaitt&erLy ftp at Dtmedcn last n%M. burfc t&e Cen"amnw was snuy enough in t&e inner karbour- Refuelling &ad been completed •tttrly in t&e day. TMf momangr t&e water was a flat «ttlm* bait Beavy. broken elands. overhead suggested tlhst t&ere was bad wmutiwr somewfiere Batndy. TBe engines, were 1 opened up* at ®J3i ajn.. and tfie- Cen-Sanm-SK witfi 12 ■passengers aßoard. a fairisfi weight of luggage and petrol* was. in t&e air in about 305.. T&ere was a» smts&ine on t&c way nortfi.. but no> few-Eying*- elonds or fog--For t&e greater part of t&e trip* t&e soaistline was foJEowed very dosely at about a t&oaßand feet. Gamanr Bad a rail fn tße early morning* bnt not many pewpfe appeared to> be a&ont. A call wa» also made an Timamv. bnt. tfie town vas not c&eledl and fromi Caroline Biiv t&e pliane ke-pt a deac level! conrseT&e Centanras Bas not been Burrying oa tßese Jfe w Zealand rrms amrfi tße air speed was- from I 3» to- 140) miles :£n itoar. but, a sootfierEy tail wind brnlt np She an speed to ccmsidecably more.