LONE FLIER
UNLUCKY TRIP VALUE OF NEW ZEALAND POUNDS [Special to “Northern Advocate"! \ ' AUCKLAND./This-' Day. ;;: Mr. S. White, of Havelock who recently flew solo from. England to Sydney, arrived today, with his; plane on the Niagara. He says he ; : enjoyed his trip, though it took him six weeks instead of the three wee'kS". he anticipated. He was delayed;uriFrance some days by bad weather,-and lost three days at Jodhpur through engine trouble, and 10 days in Sumatra through malaria. He commented oiV the effect of the exchange late,-merr*;: tioning that in France the Englishpound rate was worth 16/- arid" the' New Zealand pound about' ISA. 'lnstruments, petrol, and maps -also : helped to -swell the cost of the' flight. ; The maps alone cost about' £SO. "Mr; White intends to fly to Hastings to- - > morrow. • *'•• • •
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Northern Advocate, 12 November 1934, Page 9
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