SMITH'S SUCCESS

Grey River Argus, 27 April 1931, Page 5

SMITH'S SUCCESS

MAILS LANDED i At Darwin I , (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) . DARWIN, April 24. ; The Southern Cross left at 7.20 this morning for Koepang. A large crowd saw Smith take off easily, rising after the run half way across the small aero--1 drome. He was last seen over Port 1 Charles. He expects to leave Koepang to-morrow, and is due at Darwin about i two in the afternoon. SYDNEY, April 26. Amalgamated Wireless has received a radio message that Kingsford Smith left Koepang on Saturday morning (April 25th) for Port Darwin at 7.30. One J ilot and one cf th? crow of the crashed City of Cairo are passengers. (Received April 16 at 7 p.m.) DARWIN, April 26. The Southe.n Cross arrived hero at 2.45 Saturdav afternoon from Koepang. Smithy landing perfectly. He was warmly welcomed. The mails were transferred ceremoniously to th? Post Office, whence they will be load- <‘ ( | into a Quantas plane. Kingsford Smith was warmly wel- ' corned by a large crowd, who regarded the arrival of the first English air mail on Anzac Day as specially significant. The mail consisted of nineteen bags ordinary, and o'ie bag freight. Kingsford Smith said that postal red 1 i tap? at Koepang, where telegraphic traffic outride the usual hours was impossible without authority from Sourabava caused delay. LONDON, Apiil 25. The aeroplane City of Coventry took off int<. a half gale and blinding rain with the second Australian air mail, consisting only of live thousand letters, also as freight a parcel of toc-ls > for making gramophone records, anj a consignment of condensed milk. AUSTRALIAN MAILS FOR LONDON. SYDNEY, April 25. The plane Southern Sun, which is ( inaugurating the London bound air mail, left Sydney on Friday morning j, with 21.793 letters and packages from', Australian States .including 8000 Vic- ~ torian letters, and also 347 letter from j New Zealand. Additional mail matter j is being collected in Brisbane, where ( the aeroplane arrived on Friday, aft e r < lunch. A Quantas machine will carry ] the ’nails to Darwin. ( 1 SOUTHERN CROSS JUNIOR f INQUEST. i SYDNEY. April 25. t The Coroner returned a verdict of < accident,''! death at the inquest on th? < two victims of the Southern Cross junior air crash on April 12th. Aircraft experts expressed the opinion that the accident was due to one wing not being adequately fastened, thus throwing an undue strain on the other. GREENLAND DISASTER FEARED. OTTAWA, April 24. Tt is feared that disaster has overtaken a British party sent to Greenland to survey a northern route to ' Canada for the Empire Air Service. General . H. Maeßriden, head of Can- f adian aviation, has received a London cable from, the sponsors of the expedi- . tion requesting that a search party be sent at once. Canada is unable to , 'comply, lacking the proper planes. TOKTO. April 24. j The missing Japanese seaplane was } discovered wrecked on a small islet. , r | The crew are safe. RUGBY, April 23. 1 1 The Air Minister announced, that • I Air Viee-Maishal Felton Velsey Holt, ( | air officer commanding the fighting ( area for the aerial defence of Great 1 Britain and Flight Lieutenant Moody, were killed at Seahurst Park, Sus- ’ i sox, to-day, when a Moth of the No. < 24 Squadron, piloted by Flight i I Lieutenant Moody, collided with a Sis-i kin of the No. 43 Squadron, the sole 1 , occupant of whiclr escaped injury. 1 I Air Vice-Marshal Rolt. joined the' ‘{Royal Flying Corps in 1913. In 1923, ho was appointed Director of TeehniI ca.l Development at the Air Ministry, i i LONDON, April 23. . Air Vice-Marshal Holt loft North-' holt to inspect the Tangmore Air Station, wherefrom planes went up to give an aerial salute. One of the saluting planes was involved in the collision, and returned to the aeroI drome with a. damaged wing. t • ’A woman at South Downs said < 1 1hat she watched nine machines flying ( ■ over in perfect formation, followed by ( | two others . Ono of the rear planes , seemed to touch the other, whiich swoop Icd down, looping the loop, and crash- s rd. One of the believed to ? I he ITolt, attempted to escape in a. para- t ' chute, hut was too near the l ground. . ’ The parachute failed to open, and he } fell like a stone. ! The leader of the British Arctic i Air route expedition, telegraphs that ’the weather is preventing the party despatched last month to relieve the ' central station at Ice Gap, located it, consequently, anxiety is felt for the . safety of Augustine Courtauld, who i volunteered to man the station alone in thle winter time. A stronger relief party, under Watkins, hope 9 to reach the Ice Gap before the end of April. : RTTGBY, April 23. ; Captain Frank Hawks, who yesterday attempted to fly from London to Rome and back in one day, and was forced down south of Paris on his relurn flight to day reached the Heston, aerodrome, having flown from Le Bourge; in 59 minutes.