SINGAPORE PASSED
CLOUSTONANDRICKETTS
CALCUTTA NEXT STOP.
"LOVELY WEATHER"
(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
SINGAPORE, March 23,
Flying-Officer Clouston and Mr. Victor Ricketts arrived at Singapore at 9.38 p.m. G-M.T., after calling at Batavia on their flight from Darwin. They set 'out from Darwin at 7.12 o'clock this morning, and it was reported that a plane, presumably theirs, passed over Sourabaya at 11.17 a.m. local time. They arrived at Batavia at 1.20 p.m. local time, and left again at 2.15 p.m.
BATAVIA, March 23,
Flying-Officer Clouston looked extremely fit when he landed here. He declared that the next stop would be Singapore, and that after a few hours there they would leave for Calcutta. He said he was hopeful of reaching London on Saturday. "We had lovely weather between Darwin and Batavia and admired the Sunda Islands," he added.
Mr. Clpuston sent off several cablegrams and refuelled. He said he would like to have at Singapore two beds, two bathing suits, and a good meal..
ON TO CALCUTTA
(Received .March 24, 9.30 a.m.) SINGAPORE, This Day. Flying-Officer Clouston left for Calcutta at 5.47 a.m. G.M.T.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1938, Page 9
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