AIR-TAXIMAN
KINGSFORD SMITH’S WORK An air-taximan in Australia, his homeland, or a well-paid commercial flyer abroad? Air-commodore Kingsford Smith has to make the choice immediately, and there is only one answer, says the Sydney , Daily Telegraph. . “ I have been a good fellow long enough,” he said. “I have a wife to consider. America and England have held out lucrative jobs to me. I can earn £SOOO a year in either country.” At 3.15 p.m. on June 10, 1928, cheering thousands saw the giant Southern Cross land at Mascot. They cheered the air conqueror of the Pacific. “We want ‘ Smithy,’ ” they said. Aus-tralia—-all the world —lauded him. At 3.15 p.m. on a recent Sunday men walked through the crowds at Mascot, crying, "Ten shillings over the Harbour bridge and back in the Southern Cross with ‘Smithy.’” The air-hero of 1928 had become the air-taximan of to-day—to make a living. It seems definitely up to Australia to ensure that Air-commodore Kingsford Smith, M.C., A.E.C., remains in his homeland, to fly. But not at 10s a.time.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21578, 25 February 1932, Page 4
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