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SMITH AND ULM BUSY, FIXING DATE OF START United Press Association—By ElectrJe 9Tel«« eraph—Copyright SYDNEY, 29th August, Captain Smith and Lieutenant TJlni are busy with tho work of preparation for the New Zealand flight and their general correspondence, which has accumulated during their absence in the west. The Southern Cross is being thoroughly overhauled, and, if the overhaul is completed in time, may start for N^w Zealand on Saturday night, but, as TJlm stated this afternoon, they cannot guarantee just when they will hop off. This depends on circumstances. It possibly will be Saturday, and may bo Sunday, evening, or even Monday. The 'plane will carry a wreath to be dropped at sea in memory of Monr crieff and Hood. •
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 44, 30 August 1928, Page 13
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