MISSING AIRMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1934, Page 7

MISSING AIRMEN

MEMORIAL WREATH & SERVICE CEREMONY ON LINER (BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. December 29, 11 a.m.) HONOLULU, December 28. A wreath of Australian flowers was dropped from the Monterey at 11 a.m. to-day, into the sea. 300 miles eastward of Honolulu, in memory of Ulm, Littlejohn, and Skilling. Captain Johanson said the wreath was made in Sydney, and carried in the’ ship’s chilling room. For the ceremony, the Monterey was stopped, and the passengers and crew assembled for a short service. Taps sounded as the wreath was lowered into the sea. David Yaffa. and Kenneth G. Hall, Sydney, friends of Ulm, spoke at the service.

Sailing from Honolulu, Captain Johnason said: “We are paying homage to a man who furthered commercial aviation with which modern steamship enterprises are in the closest sympathy.” Yaffa and Hall, in a statement, said: “Australia was deeply moved by the fine search by the American services and public. The great sympathy shown by America has brought the two nations closer, and Australia will never forget the humane gesture.”

The Lanakai touched the tiny isles westward without finding any traces of the wrecked plane.

BRITAIN’S FAST PLANES. LONDON, December 28. The “Daily Express” says: Two fighting aeroplanes, capable of a speed of three hundred miles an hour are being tested for the Royal Air Force. It is hoped that they will be put into production in 1935, enabling Britain to regain the distinction of having the world’s fastest fighting squadrons. WALLER’S SUCCESS. ! (Recd. (December 29, 10 a.m.) BRUSSELS, December 28. Waller has arrived, completing 4000 miles in 57 hours 19 minutes, including stops.s. The last lap of 1100 miles was completed in 4 hours 59 minutes. RUGBY, December 28. . Waller and Franchomme, on arrival at Brussels, -were welcomed by a large gathering, including the British Ambassador at Brussels and the Belgian Minister of the Colonies. “COMET” FOR HIRE. (Recd. December 29, Noon.) LONDON, December 29. “I will go anywhere at 200 miles an hour in a Comet,” is the substance of a “Times” advertisement, in which Waller on behalf of Rubin announced that the Comet is available for public charter. Rubin’s representative says that Waller will take anyone to Australia or elsewhere at half-a-crown a mile. Flights shorter than a thousand miles are hardly worth while.