SYDNEY AMAZED
Pren Association—By Telegraph—Copvrighl- - January 7. When si newspaper reporter on the Sydney 'Morning Herald' this afternoon telephoned Mr Menaics mother saying that her son had arrived in New Zealand, she replied: "Thank you kindly: it is wonderful to know ne is safe." She added: ''We knew absolutely nothing about the flight till Guy's brother informed us at (3 o'clock this morning. It was n. tremendous surprise- to us, and naturally we were a, little nervous. That is possibly why ho kept his plans so secret." She was not even aware that Guy had bought the Southern Cross Junior.
The evening newspapers’ bill-boardi feature the (light as follows;—‘Lone Sydney flier crosses the Tasman and crashes in Now Zealand.” The whole city is amazed at the successful accomplishment of a. daring mystery flight by so youthful an aviator.
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Evening Star, Issue 20686, 8 January 1931, Page 12
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138SYDNEY AMAZED Evening Star, Issue 20686, 8 January 1931, Page 12
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