MISS AMY JOHNSON.
KING CONFERS HONOUR.
VISIT TO THE PALACE.' I 1 '' GREAT WELCOME AT HULL. ' . 4 J ' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LON T DON. August 11. Their Majesties received Miss Amy Johnson at Buckingham Palace, where the King invested her with the C.B.E. The heroine of the solo flight to Australia was accorded, a great -welcome at Hull, hor native city, when sho landed tliis afternoon from lier aeroplane Jason at the municipal aerodrome before going to her.parents' home for tbo first time since her flight* A huge crowd of spectators lined the roads in the vicinity of tfie aerodrome, and .after seeing Miss Johnson make a perfect landing they cheerecj tumultously. Miss Johnson was welcomed by the Lord Mayor, Mr. IX. .Richardson, who afterwards, at the City Hall, presented her with an illuminated address in a silver gift casket and with a silver globe on which the route of her flight was marked. The' girl flier asked that the balance of the local testimonial fund, amounting to about £2OO, should be devoted to a scholarship in the sciqnco of- aviation at Hull University College. A civic reception and banquet were held at the City Hall this evening, and Miss Johnson's speech was broadcast throughout the country.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20641, 13 August 1930, Page 11
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