ACROSS THE TASMAN

Otago Witness, Issue 3882, 7 August 1928, Page 35

ACROSS THE TASMAN

ACTION AGAINST FLYERS. . SYDNEY, July 31. . e hearing of the application for an injunction by Mr Keith Anderson against Captain Kingsford Smith and Lieutenant Ulm was continued.

Mr Anderson claims that he was a partner in the Pacific flight, and he is asking the court to order that account be taken of the partnership assets. Litigation arising from the Pacific flight was begun in the Equity Court on July 20 by Mr Keith Anderson, who claims a share of the profits of the flight from Captain Smith and Lieutenant Ulm. He alleges that he was a partner therein since July. 1927, when the preparations were begun. Plaintiff declared that he went to America with Captain Smith and Lieutenant Ulm and advanced sums of money to help the venture, and after the purchase of the aeroplane he, with the defendants’ consent, returned to Australia. Mr Anderson swears that he had advanced more than 2000 dollars to date, lhe defendants deny the partnership, and contend that the. Southern Cross monoplane was the gift of Mr Hancock, an American.

MR ANDERSON’S CLAIM. SYDNEY, August 2. In the application by Mr Keith Anderson against Captain Kingsford Smith the judge made an order that defendants be restrained from selling or encumbering the aeroplane Southern Cross, and that they give an undertaking that the Southern Cross will be within the jurisdiction of the court at the date for the hearing of the suit, and that notice of the proposed flights will be given to the plaintiff’s solicitor, the costs of the present application to be costs in the cause.

The judge refused to make an order that in any further flights by defendants All Anderson should be allowed to take part. He also stated that he would riot, at present make any further order. Captain Kingsford Smith and Lieutenant Ulm are now free to go on with the proposed flights to West Australia and New Zealand, and thev will probably commence the flight to West Australia on Wednesday next. The date for the hearing of the suit was not fixed as it is practically certain that evidence will have to be taken in America on commission.

THE SOUTHERN CROSS. SYDNEY, August 1. the Southern Cross made a successful test flight, everything being in first-class order.

’PLANE LEAVES FOR MELBOURNE. WELLINGTON, August 4. A wireless message from Sydney states that the Southern Cross will fly to Melbourne to-morrow. Captain Kingsford Smith will return to Sydney on Wednesday in a borrowed ’plane to be present at the A.I.F. annual reunion, when he will receive a cheque for £lOOO from the Returned Soldiers’ Association.

THE SOUTHERN CROSS. SYDNEY, August 5. The Southern Cross made a successful trial flight yesterday afternoon, and received New Zealand easily on the wireless. A further trial flight will be made to-morrow.