SERVICE TO AVIATION
FEDERAL GRANT OF £3000
AUSTRALIA'S TEIBTJTE
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received October 25, 11 a.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. Tho Primo Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) announced that the Federal Government had decided to niake a grant of £3000 to Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. An alternative suggestion to find a position for the aviator was considered by Cabinet, but it was found at the present stage of air. development in Australia that no service position suitable to a man of his qualifications war> available! Furthermore, the accept auce of a Government appointment would have prevented Sir Charles's in tended appearance as a tenderer for the air mail' contract. Smithy, interviewed in Melbourne, said: "This ts a wonderful gift and the most practical thing that could have been done for me at tho moment."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 100, 25 October 1933, Page 9
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136SERVICE TO AVIATION Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 100, 25 October 1933, Page 9
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