CHEERING CROWDS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 125, 30 May 1930, Page 9

CHEERING CROWDS

RAPTUROUS RECEPTION

'PLANE TO BE REPAIRED

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BRISBANE, 29th May.

Miss Johnson descended at Toowoomba, en route to Brisbane, /where 5000 people greeted her tumultuously. She was presented with a- £100 Australian note as a token of esteem, also charming bouquets.

The crowd was equally as large at Brisbane as when Bert Hinkler arrived.

It is estimated that 200,000 people lined tho route fr.ora the aerodrome to the city of -Brisbane. Miss Johnson lvas driven through the dense cheering crowd by a girl motorist to the City Hall, where the Lord Mayor and other prominent people heartily greeted her. Her arms were laden with flowers.

The Governor, Sir John Goodwin, con^_ gratulatcd the heroine on her escape from injury when landing.

Miss Johnson's reply was: "Oh, I'm all right, but my poor old 'plane is wrecked."

A bystander soon assured her that her 'piano would quickly be fixed up.

-. Receptions are arranged for tha aviatrix this afternoon and to-night.

An examination of the aeroplane by Quantas aviation officials revealed.that the flamnjjo is fairly serious, ' but tho engine and fuselage are intact. A staff of workmen immediately set about repairing the aeroplane to enable M;ss Jo'inson to continue her southern itinerary, failing which a Quantas machine \vi!l bo.placed at her disposal.

Miss Johnson is due in Sydney next Wedncsrlav.