HURLEY’S HAT.

Grey River Argus, 2 November 1928, Page 5

HURLEY’S HAT.

AMUSES THE NATIVES. Out Back at Oodnadatta. (Australian & N.Z. Cubic Assn). (Received November 1 at 9.50 p.m.' MELBOURNE, November I.’ - n lVain Hurley left Ooodnadatta at 5.30 o’clock this morning in the Spirit of Australia South Australian time. Be let* with 1 h<» intention of reaching Wyndham to-night. The monoplane passed over the Alice Springs, in Central Australia, at nine "’clock, Sydney time. She had then nearly one thousand miles to cover. A later message stated that 'here H'cre strong head winds, which would probably cause a stoppage for the night at Daly Waters. Captain Hurley states that he is weary of the desert sigh's, the heat, and the draughty, desolate stock runs. Hurley says that lie and his companions were cordially received \a f Oodnadatta by the white, the Afghans iho Aboriginals, the goats and the dogs. Hurley’s bowler had created more fun among the- Afghans and the Abus than monoplane. 'The distance from Sydney to Wyndham is 2113 miles. LYONS’ FLIGHT FURTHER DELAYED. NEW YORK, October 31. A nv'sea.ge frepn Norfolk, Virginia, states:-—“The ‘Flying Fish’ plane Wn s to-day flown to Menteo, 1n North Carolina, from -whore Lyons. Lancaster and Putman hope'' to' depart for Bermuda toi-morroV.-. Lancaster stated (hut > they had advanced the- point of departure to MontCo to save fuel weight on the trip. NOTED AIRMAN. LONDON, October 31. Air Commander Samson, one of the most famous war personalities, and pioneers of British naval flying, has been restored to full pay from October 1. There was surprise in 1927 when he was placed on half-pay, though he was then only forty-four. It is explained that no post was then availTho Germans in war time offered £lOOO reward for his capture, alive or dead. FRENICH PROPOSALS. PARIS, October 31. A discussion of the Air Budget -jn the Chamber revealed that France intends to spend more than a million sterling immediately on the experimental construction of new types of aeroplanes designed by Frances Poncet. The Government aims at securing new and better machines, rather than accumulating stocks o." the existing