THE TASMAN FLIGHT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19413, 12 September 1928, Page 14

THE TASMAN FLIGHT.

CONTINUED.

BEFORE THE LANDING.

addresses to crowd.

• Mr! J. Leslie, chairman of the Papaxna Comity Council, spoke a few words through the microphone. He said that it was a great day in the country, and everyone was delighted to be. there on a perfect day to welcome the airmen. Mr T>. G. Sullivan, M.P., said that he had been asked by the Leader of the Opposition, (Mr H. E. Holland, M.P-) to represent him on this occasion. lie was , i delighted to be present and to welcome tie airmen on the completion of th&r flight.. This was an event jn the history of flying, and also an event in the history of New Zealand and Australia. . Mis Stenhouse also spoke a few appropriate sentences. Sir .Heaton Rhodes, on behalf of the • Government, said that the Hon. Mr Rolleston would probably attend the reception - to-morrow. It was a great achievement to fly the Tasman, and New: Zealand was-prepared to welcome , the airmen. THE RADIO' APPARATUS. LIGHT AND COMPACT. The wireless apparatus carried on. the Southern' Cross consisted of three transmitters and three receivers; a shortwave transmitter, operating on 33.4 metrpsj a ' commercial spark set working oli 600 metres, and an emergency Bpark coil in case the 'plane was forced down. _ - The receiving gear consists of three units, covering all wave-lengths, and an • amplifier common to them_ all, so that by the turning, of a switch any desired ■ wave-length can be -had. The whole outfit weighs only 1001b,

which is a surprisingly small weight considering the amount of the ap- • paratus. ... Mr M'cWilliam stated that ctarin* ■ the'fierce electric storm that raged the< ■ 6bo-metre set was rendered useless by , 'the .lightning. \The (Short-wave • transmitter was: not r 1 .;; • -working correctly, when the ,'pjane left, ' . ; s during of ithe storm, he work.ed'furiously to repair it. /V* - * , ! TRAFFIC; CONTROL. * „*i ' j ' '■ ' f , MAGISTftATE'S COMMENT. r— * ' for being late,?' >D. Mosley, t&.M., ,at' tlie .'yesterday. "An ;v«v'en^Sas ihas i never * * tie 'history ',of ew " Zejalandj(Qnd;fl*feel it, f was ,up„to every--1 !a r welcome Tasman flyersiw»| i nfere,was <a number - ofi ears, 'aerodrome, ahd the clock* )> * 'with'which -.they, were .. t r V]Wn ~r. ,r 1' ' 1 TRAIN. '

, i *v v V - ' \ i*- » *) ( * ' „.A.l>out, 116 'Ashburton residents joined j „ 1 th6 s special trainl from Timaru vester'dayl morning. In addition 74 left by k ' £ the wdihary morning" train from Ash- , " v < \ burton. A, number also journeyed *;// '* "A MEETING. 1 f Qneof' the first to greet Squadron- • > Leader "Kingsford Smith on his arrival Captain- Noel 5 Chandler, who saw fa* - r 'abt'oad in the Royal Flymg >*l /dprpsrwith him. Neither had met iy'*airipe the > war; the .recognition was ''mutually, instantaneous. They" had a „ and "'animated conversation .until tiie attentions of the crowd forced them f#^;>/r * v >s 'exodus from temuka. ■ / i' , '- i> Sft^reat l was the exodus frdm Temuka of< people travelling to -witness the arrival - flyers,-apd* so absorbed were the I in that th 6 /: pro* - - M r.PttetDrl of one business which employs ' \|j fairge- staff) had taken only ninepence K fcprer the counter up to midday. MINOR ACCIDENTS. |OC/; - FIVE PEOPLE INJURED. ■ft ; > , [During the rush and bustle. yester- t %:-^day,-several': accidents occurred.. Tiro y ;-V?T»oys received minor injuries at Sockanda motor-cyclist received, head injuries when' he came into collision "']■ with a motor-car on hia way the ,*" ► aerodrome. i While waiting for the flyers to land ; Sockburn, a boy, Ben Throp, aged s;' .14 years, reoeived a cut foot. He was ■: » . treated as an outpatient at the Hos- * „ pital and discharged ■ Another boy, 'Neville Hughison, aged 14 years,, re- •* ' " siding at 20* Madras street,- fell off his bicycle on his wav back from "seeing V' the flyers land, tie received :cuts on the face, and was admitted, ?to the V'\.... Hospital. His condition is not serious. r S • . W. E. Connor, of 81 St. Andrew's * square, was pillion, riding on a motor- , cycle when he came into collision with a motor-car in Stanmore road. Be •'•v-v. vas admitted to the Christchurch Hospital suffering from cuts on the head ; ; andshock. There was an improvement <v' in his last evening. * When biling a machine at P. Gra- . and Sons yesterday. Ernest Adam,' "(%'J married- man, had his hand caught in ' -He was-taken to the Christy's'l \church Hospital, where it was found ' Bi??,*,\-iaiedeissary»to operate. His condition is Pf v _ ■ i ¥%' 4 A tram conductor, S. D. Lianyon. i , t aged' 36 years, of 142 Ollmer's road, fell r lfrom a tramcar yesterday afternoon and iffe- S injuries'to the head. He! was SlfuiynSttea to tha Horoital, where his feported'to be improv-