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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 October 1928, Page 9

Autograph boohs addressed to the Southern Cross airmen in Blenheim (says an continue to roll in from all over New Zealand, not always with return postage inside. The secretary* of the Blenheim, Aero Club, Mr. C.' A. MacDonald, with the help of two stenographers, has undertaken to go through the mail as received, to sort it into replies, no replies, and communications requiring the attention of the airmen themselves. A great many* correspondents are asking that letters and parcels enclosed or accompanying their letters should be carried across to Sydney in the Southern Cross, but if only some of these requests were acceded to the machine would be so laden that it would never leave the ground. Most of the letters and parcels, “per Southern Cross air mail” will go through the Blenheim Post. Office in plain everyday fashion; some will go hack to the senders. Small gifts and large gifts, mailed and handed in, make up too much weight for carriage in the plane, and with the exception of certain special gifts, these will be packed and freighted to Australia.

An American business man, Mr Frank B. Amos, who spent seven and a half months studying marketing conditions and ‘the business ’outlook in the various countries located in the Southern Hemisphere, said in an interview after his return to the States: '“ln New Zealand, where the per capita purchasing power is the highest in the world, the general ’business situation is improving rapidly.” One thing that impressed Mr Amos deeply 7 was the poor impression that the peoples of many countries Were getting of the United States. This was due to the news nratter which appears in their Press, and to the attitude of many American tourists. Mr Amos said: "If we had more North Americans of representative calibre to translate real United States 'to other countries, and if our tourists would give a re'al impression of North America, our country would be thought of more favourably7' by many of our neighbours.”