LONG AIR TRIP.
SEPTUAGENARIAN COUPLE
Per Press Association. HAMILTON, Sept. 25. When the Boeing biplane felt the Waikato airport this morning, it carried among the passengers Mr and Mrs John Griffiths, of Cromwell (Otago), both septuagenarians enjoying their first long-distance flight. The machine will reach W ellington to-day and leave for Dunedin, via the West Coast, later in the week. Interviewed prior to his departure, Mr Griffiths said he had no qualms about the trip. Both he and Mrs Griffiths had been up in smaller ’planes previously and had enjoyed the experience immensely.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 255, 25 September 1935, Page 7
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93LONG AIR TRIP. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 255, 25 September 1935, Page 7
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