HINKLER IS AWARDED INTERNATIONAL MEDAL AFTER CLOSEST VOTE

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 6

HINKLER IS AWARDED INTERNATIONAL MEDAL AFTER CLOSEST VOTE

Majority of One POUR OTHERS EQUAL WITH KINGSFORD SMITH FOR COVETED HONOUR. Australian Press Association. Received Sunday, 7.0 p.m PARIS, Jan. 12. Squadron Leader Kingsford Smith, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Scnor De la Cierva, the inventor of the auto-giro, the Frenchman, M. Costes, who flew round the world and the Italian, Major Ferrarin, who flew from Italy to Brazil, each received only one vote below Mr. Bert Hinkler for the International gold medal. Lindbergh Blazes the Trail AIR MAIL ROUTE TO SOUTH AMERICA. Australian Press Association. Received Sunday, 7,0 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Colonel Lindbergh has announced that on February 4 he is Starting on a Central American cruise in a twinmotored Sikorsky smpkibean, carrying mail from Miami to Cristobal in the Panama Canal zone, blazing tho trail for an air mail route to be inaugurated by Pan-American Airways, Incorporated. He has also announced he. will henceforth be technical adviser to the latter organisation and its affiliated operating companies. 100 Moths for Canada RECORD ORDER FOR DE HAVTLAND’S Australian Press Association. Received Sunday, 7.0 .p.m., LONDON, Jan. 11. An order for 100 Moth aeroplanes, a record individual order for British aircraft, has been received by De Haviland’s from Canada. Moth Crashes at Port Melbouma NAMES NOT DIVULGED. \ •——. ■ Received Sunday, 7 p.m. MELBOURNE, Jan. 13. A Moth ’piano crashed at Port Melbourne and was badly damaged. The pilot and a woman passenger, who were unhurt, refuse'd to give their names.' 50,000 Dollars for World Non-Stop Flight DENVER POST’S PRIZE. Received Monday, 1 a.m. DENVER, Jan. 13. The Denver Post on Saturday offered a 50,000 dollars’ prizo for tho first nonstop airplane world flight, as nearly aa possible along the fortieth parallel, commencing and ending in Denver.