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LONDON TO AUSTRALIA 1 ‘SM"IT!IT’S’' EXPNOTATION (Por Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Mr. Wilfred Kingston! Smith, who arrived by the Monovvai, said Sir Charles would definitely make the Tasman flight in the first half of January. Lady Kingsford Smith was not likely to come. “Smithy” would return to Sydney in March and probably would leave for England in July to prepare for the centenary race to Melbourne. He believed that the winner of the race would have to cover over 4000 miles a day, and complete the journey in 3-1 days. He proposed to carry two co-pilots. It would be liis last long (light.
Mr. Wilfred Kingsford Smith said his brother also had in mind the establishment. of an air service in the Dominion without a Government subsidy.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18257, 28 November 1933, Page 5
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