AVIATION
CAPTAIN CHICHESTER NO DESIRE FOR PUBLICITY. . (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright:) _ ' ■ ’ , SYDNEY, June 13. Yesterday , efforts to interview Captain Chichester 1 aboard the Albatross were unavailing, “I do not wish to be discourteous,” he told an officer who tried to bring him in touch with the pressmen; “I will not see reporters. I have done nothing to make a song about, and Ido not like publicity.” ’He is the guest of the captain. It is understood that Captain Chichester to!4 the officers that visibility on the hop from Lord Howe Island was eo bad that at times he was flying within a few feet of the sea. The wind was unfavourable and the magneto gave trouble. He, is wearing a black bushy beard, and says there are more important things to do than shave. It is believed that he is looking in the direction of Japan for the next hop.
ACCIDENTS IN GERMANY,
SEVEN DEATHS ON SATURDAY.
■ BERLIN, June 14. (Received June 15, at 1 a.m.) There were seven deaths as the result ef air accidents on Saturday. Four people were incinerated when a commercial machine . crashed in flames at SaArbrucken and three were killed at Dessau aviation school.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21361, 15 June 1931, Page 7
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