MISS JEAN BATTEN
GUEST OF ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY PLEA FOR CIVIL AVIATION Press Association—By Telegraph-Copy right SYDNEY, April 8. Miss Jean Batten was the guest of the Royal Empire Society to-night. The president, Sir Hugh Denison, paid a tribute to her flying achievements, which placed her on a pedestal the world over. Miss Batten, in the course of an address, said she never fully realised until she began flying what it meant to be a member of the British race. She also found that in whatever country she visited British prestige was paramount. She expressed the hope that civil aviation, both in Australia and New Zealand, would be separated from the Defence Departments in order to permit civil aviation to make the progress it should.
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Evening Star, Issue 22618, 9 April 1937, Page 9
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125MISS JEAN BATTEN Evening Star, Issue 22618, 9 April 1937, Page 9
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