EVER SO TIRED
BUT NOT GOING TO QUIT I ■ ■
GETTING READY FOR LAST HOP
(Received 21st May, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 20th May.
The 'Daily Express" correspondent at Surabaya says that, when reminded that she looked. tired, Miss Johnson said: "I shall go on to the bitter end. I am tired, ever so tired, but I am not going to quit now." ' Sho oxplainod that her propellor was unsatisfactory, but she found a Moth owner at Surabaya who was willing tr> lend hex* his propellor, and sho was leaving her old one behind. "I shall see what
happens with the new one," she said, "The engine is rather tired and losing compression as well. It must be repaired before the last water hop to Darwin.''
Miss. Johnson's record to date is:— sth May—Left Croydon and arrived Vienna. 6th May—Arrived Constantinople. 7th May—Arrived Aleppo. Bth May—Arrived Bagdad. 9th May—Arrived Bundar Abbas. 10th May—Arrived Karachi. 11th May—Arrived Allahabad. ■ 12th May—Arrived Calcutta. 13th May—Arrived Insoin, near Kangoon. 14th and 15th "May—Delayed for repairs. ' , ' 10th May—Arrived Bangkok. 17th May—Arrived Singora. 18th May—Arrived Singapore. 19th May—Arrived Tjomal. 20th May—Arrived Surabaya.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1930, Page 11
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184EVER SO TIRED Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1930, Page 11
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