MESSAGE OF GOODWILL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21799, 14 May 1934, Page 10

MESSAGE OF GOODWILL

MB. IjYONS' BROADCAST AIRMAN CONGRATULATED KINSHIP OF TWO COUNTRIES The successful flight of Mr. 0. T. P. TJlm from Sydney to Now Plymouth was made; tho occasion of a broadcast message of goodwill to tho people of New Zealand by Mr, -T. A. Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia, from Canberra. Tho message was relayed throughout Now Zealand on Saturday evening, it was received with fair distinctness, although at times there was considerable interference. Mr. Lyons eulogised Mr. IJlm's splendid record, and dwelt on tho growing nearness and kinship of Australia and New Zealand. "Citizens of Now Zealand," lie said, "tho opportunity afforded by this broadcast from Australia to New Zealand serves onco again to emphasise how close our two countries are. The occasion of this address is tho successfid flight across the Tasman of Mr. Ulm, who is making such a habit of it that wo aro ceasing to think of it as remarkable.

Pilot and Organiser "I congratulate Mr. Ulm on his splendid performance in the Faith in Australia. It is his seventh crossing ot tho Tasman, and that speaks volumes for his skill as a pilot and as an organiser. Ho has biassed a trail across tho heavens. He has made us Australians proud of him. Ho is one of the pioneers of the air. His name will live in history as a participant in one of the greatest flights tho world has known, tho flight across the Pacific with Kingsford Smith. Nor should wo forget his services to commercial aviation." Later Mr. Ulm broke the record from England to Australia, but tho spectacular nature of his efforts had often been overshadowed by the care with which ho organised. But everyono who knew would agree that the minute attention ho gave to detail was tho secret of his success, and his thorough organisation was a lesson to aviation as a whole. "Wo feel that he belongs to you almost as much as to us," said Mr. Lyons, "for you have always given our aviators such a splendid welcome. That flight in a few hours seems significant of the closing in of the distance; and the fact that I am now talking to you in a common language shows that we are indeed neighbours. Future Tasman Services *'A few years ago tho wireless telephone was something of a marvel. Today it is a matter of course, just as we are beginning to take as a matter of course these flights by Mr. Ulm. It may be idle to speculate on the future of a transtasman service, but who can deny its benefits? So rapid are the advances in aviation that anything is possible. I have no doubt that some time in the future we will have aeroplanes making passenger flights between New Zealand and Australia. We aro moro than near neighbours. We are relatives, brothers and sisters proud of the same ancestry, proud cf our associations in history, as the undying word Anzae symbolises. "We have taken steps to pave the way for greater trade, and we will take more such steps; but wo are bound by stronger ties than thoso of the market—ties of blood and kinship. I conclude by expressing the wish that in tho future, as in the past, we will march sido by side to a common destiny as members of tho British Commonwealth of Nations."