MAYOR’S APPRECIATION

Evening Star, Issue 20686, 8 January 1931, Page 12

MAYOR’S APPRECIATION

RISK OF THE PIONEER The Mayor of Dunedin (Mr K. S. Black), in commenting on the statement that such unheralded flights as that made by Mr Menzies should be discouraged, said that, while ho appreciated tho- hazards of the flight, he thought tho aviator was deserving of tho highest commendation. It was a tribute to Mr Menzie’s skill as an aviator that he should land where ho did, so closely in a line with the position he sot out for. His navigation must have been of a very high order. Mr Menzies was evidently a man worthy of the sentiments expressed by the great Australian poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon, who said so well that there was not a game worth a rap for rational man to play in which no danger found its way. In most of tho great movements for the betterment or convenience of mankind the pioneers had to take groat risks.lt was an indication of the times that a man could leave the sweltering heat of Sydney and in about twelve hours ho in the eool, temperate climate of New Zealand. It was to bo hoped that Mr Menzies would bo able to come to Dunedin, where ho would receive a warm welcome.