HONOURS FOR, AVIATORS
QUESTIONS OF KNIGHTHOODS. DISCUSSION IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, June 28. The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, has been attacked in certain influential quarters because Squadron-Leader Smith and FlightLieutenant Ulm have not received knighthoods. Such matters are not made the subject of public controversy, so the public is left in the dark as to whether Mr. Bruce is actually responsible. Such a recommendation may have been made. The fact that the two Australians were awarded by the King the Air Cross Medal does not seem to have aroused the enthusiasm it should have, because the award has been granted most sparingly. A similar award was made to Captain Hinkler for his solo flight from England to Australia. It is believed that the British authorities seek to raise the value of the cross, and indications have been given that it will be distributed in future only to those who perform the most outstanding feats of aviation. Messrs. Smith and Ulm are quite satisfied with the award. “We may earn other honours later,” they say.
A suggestion has been put forward in Australia for an international award to cover such aviation feats as those performed by Messrs. Kingsford Smith and Ulm, and their American comrades. Such an award, it is suggested, should issue from the League of Nations.
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Southland Times, Issue 20537, 13 July 1928, Page 8
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