IN BAD WEATHER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 205, 29 August 1940, Page 8

IN BAD WEATHER.

CLIPPER PUTS BACK.

EXPECTED HERE TO-MORROW.

Forced by bad weather to turn back, Pan-American Airways' American Clip, per returned to Xoumea to-day after covering more than half of her journey to Auckland. Weather permitting, ehr will come to Auckland to-uiorrow.

•The machine turned back about noon, at a time when, rather than improving conditions were getting su-adilv woi*e,* said Mr. P. S. Delany, traffic" manager for Pan-American at Auckland, to-dav. "Captain K. .T. Nixon's decision was in accordance with the company's policv of taking no risks whatsoever. She "had enough fuel to get her back to JToumea even if she had turned back when over the Auckland Harbour.' ,

Fourteen prominent Americans are travelling by the Clipper, which left Xoumea at !<.03 a.m.. Xew Zealand time. Arrangements had been made for the Clipper to be met at Auckland by the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Lanv. stone, while representative citizens wer« to attend a gathering at the Town Hall. A State dinner was to follow- at night In the meantime these have been postponed.

Alterations were made yesterday to the plans for the tra-.ollers, half o f whom wcxe to go to Sydney bv vaeht from Xoumej. Instead they were to travel to Auckland to-day, together with Mr. Harold Hatty, Xew Zealand representative of the company, who has been visiting Noumea.

Later «wen of the party will return north by Clipjier. They are Mr. Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska] Mr. Thomas Beck, director of CromwellColliers' Publishing Company, Mr. GrahaniOrosvenor, director of PanAmerican Airways, Messrs. Charles Paige, Anion Carter, Malcolm Muir and James Stahlman.

To go to Sydney for a few days before proceeding north to Singapore and back to America will lie' Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Mr. Fletcher Bowtoh, Mγ. James Van Xorman. Mr. Edward O'Donnell, Mr. Stephen Royce and Mr. Paul Patterson.