MISS BATTEN IN SYDNEY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21180, 2 June 1934, Page 15

MISS BATTEN IN SYDNEY

VISIT TO MASCOT TO SEE SOUTHERN CROSS MORE ENTERTAIN MEN TS ! (Received June 1, 1().:J0 p.m.) ! SYDNEY, June 1. j Twenty women's organisations ! united to entertain Miss Jean BatJ ten to-day. The police were again j compelled to control the crowds i wherever she went. She was also | the guest of a group of prominent business men and women at the Hotel Australia. However, she found time for a hurried visit to Mascot and inspected the Southern Cross. The engine of her Moth has been completely stripped and she has decided to have three new cylinder heads fitted. Miss Batten met Mr R. M. Hacket, editor of the Auckland "New Zealand Herald,'' who is spending a holiday here. Miss Batten, who is deeply grateful for the scores of messages of congratulation which she is receiving from New Zealand, is especially pleased by the messages from Lord Bledisloe and the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes. She expects, when her mother reaches here, to visit Now Zealand with her. LORD IJLE'DiSLOE'S INVITATION •fitm* .\ssiTt.vn'..\ AUCKLAND. June 1. The Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) lias sent the following message to Miss Jean Batten: "Lady Bledisloe and I will be pleased if you will be our guest at! Government House on your return to your native land " NEW CAPITAL ISSUES IN BRITAIN <y LARGE IN CIS EASE ON LAST YEAR (Hainan omcuL wii'ki r.:>* i i (Received June 1, 7.15 p.m.) RUGBY, May ;;[. j According to statistics compiled [ by the Midland Bank, new capital : issues for May amounted to £22,441,000, compared with £14,614,014 in May, 1933. i