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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 October 1928, Page 5

The honour of being the hist person in Now Zealand’ to isoe the Southern Cross must go to Mr Harry Serim-geour, who is camped at the mouth of the Patarau, River, on the sparsely populated West Coast, about 25 miles north of Kahurangi Point Lighthouse (comments the “Westport News.”) It must have been, at this point that Kings ford Smith passed' the New Zealand ooatsit, as Mr S'crimgeour saw the ’plane come ■out of t'h? sea. and pass directly over him. The ’plane then .proceeded over the range, entering Colling wood behind Fern town passed directly over the did CotK'.inigwood cemetery, and proceeded or it acrosK Golden Bay direct for Cook Strait and thence to Wellington. The olane’s engines were distinctly heard in Co-Min gwood, Pur’ama.hoi and Waite on, but owing to the low-lying clouds obscuring visibility, it could no!,. be seen. Mr N. McKenna, who is whitobaiting on the Aor-ere River, near Ferntown ' states be saw a glimpse of- the machine for a iseoondi between a gap in the clouds. It. wn.« from thy potomasteiat Colliingwood tlvat the first advice was reomyed in Wellington at 05.30 a.m., tbr.it the’ plane bad vouched Now Zealand. the Southern Cross notifying a few minutes later by radio that they had. sighted land. „