MARVELLOUS WELCOME
"I' FEEL AT. HOME"
MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA
United Press Association —By Eleqtrle. Tele-
graph—Copyright. (Received 28th May, 11 a.m.)
LONGEEACH, This Bay
Miss Johnson upon her arrival at the aerodrome was instantly surrounded by thousands of excited people, who literally mobbed her, and she had to be carried to safety by four policemen. AH the way to the town she drove through cheering lines. She described the country between Darwin and' Alexandria as appalling. The escorting 'planes got some idea of the immensity of the drops of ,the Jason, caused by air pockets. Sometimes Miss Johnson flopped 200 feet. She is the first Eng-land-to-Australia flyer to reach Alex» andria from Darwin without trouble. She stays to-night at Roma.
Interviewed at Longreach, Miss Johnson- said:—
Give this message to Australia: I thank the whole of Australia from the bottom of my heart for a marvellous welcome. I bring good wishes from England to Australia, and to those of my own sex I give my love. I am thrilled. I feel at home.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 11
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