TASMAN FLIERS.
AUCKLAND’S GREAT WELCOME. RECEPTION AT TOWN HALL. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 19. Tile Tasman fliers had another <:. thusiastic reception when they arrive at the Grand Hotel. Kingsford S; appeared on the balcony and. In:::, his glass, called out: “Good luck. There were renewed cheers from ' crowd. The flying time was 2 hours 5 t:.:: and the aviators averaged close on liiim: miles pier hour. The airmen, who had petrol ior re other fifty or sixty miles', stated thev had come over the best fly:: country they had seen in New land. “It beats Christchurch —what v have seen of it,” they remarked : unison. At the civic reception at the T- • Hall the airmen were accorded a nm; nificent welcome. Among those p:-. sent were 33 members of the Austr-’lc. Imperial Forces. Their “com - were prominent in the rousing welco::: accorded tho airmen. Kingsford Smitli, who was present by the Mayoress with a wreath wi: gold and green intermingled, thnn 1 :- the people of Auckland and fellow An tralians for the wonderful welcoim He and his companions had been 1 ised to an unprecedented extent. Tic were certainly gratified, though soilwhat overwhelmed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 250, 19 September 1928, Page 2
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194TASMAN FLIERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 250, 19 September 1928, Page 2
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