GERMAN'S JOURNEY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23092, 18 July 1938, Page 10

GERMAN'S JOURNEY

USE OF AIR SERVICES PLAN TO CIRCLE GLOBE BERLIN, July 15 Herr Hans Bertram left Berlin at 3 a.m. to-day on a round-the-world flight by passenger and commercial air services. He will go first to Bagdad in a Lufthansa aeroplane, and from there to Karachi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hongkong, Manila, Guam, Wake Island, Midway Island, Honolulu, San Francisco, New York and Lisbon, returning to Berlin on August 3. He will cover 24,400 miles.

Herr Hans Betram, German airman, was born at Remseheid in 1905. Before the adventure that made him famous he had had a successful career in aviation. On a flight to Australia in a seaplane with Adolf Klausner in 19.">2 he had to make a forced landing off the lonely coast of North Australia near the mouth of the Berkelev Kiver on May 15. The fliers made a small boat out of one of the floats of the aeroplane and explored the coast for a time. Although they passed within threesuarters of a mile of a steamer, their signals did not attract attention. Their provisions were a packet of biscuits and some tins of fruit. When these were consumed, they lived on snails, lizards, leaves of plants and water from the radiator. They could not shoot game, as they had lost their revolvers while swimming a river.

By this time Klausner had collapsed. A search was in progress, but an aeroplane passed overhead and a launch went close to their camp without the crew seeing them. On June 13 a cigarette box with a message on it, and a handkerchief marked "H. 8." were found by natives, and two days later their abandoned machine was located.

The two men had given up hope when they were eventually discovered by natives 011 June 22 after being missing for over five weeks. Klausner, who was very ill. returned home by sea, but Bertram had bis seaplane repaired and, continuing his flight,* reached Berlin on April J7, 1M33. GENTLEMEN WIN MATCH AGAINST PLAYERS LONDON, July 1;. The cricket match between Gent.l men and Players was concluded to-da, the Gentlemen winning by 135 runs. The Gentlemen declared their seconi. innings closed when eight wickets had fallen for 172 runs, of which Yardle.v made 34. Smith took five wickets for 68 and Smailes two for MJI. The Players' second innings closed for '232 (Compton 45, Edrich 78). K Karnes took three wickets for 60 Stephenson three for 63 and Brown three for 75.