GOAL REACHED

Southland Times, Issue 21265, 11 December 1930, Page 5

GOAL REACHED

HILL IN AUSTRALIA DEPARTURE FOR DALY WATERS FORCED LANDING MADE (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 8 p.m.) Darwin, December 10. Flight-Lieutenant Hill arrived unexpectedly at 10.30 (Darwin time) having left Koepang at 1.45 a.m. with a good moon. He ran into rain off Timor, otherwise the trip of 480 miles over the water was uneventful. He saw the steamer Marella when nearing Darwin. He circled overhead and tried to drop a message, which, however, missed the ship. The passengers were very excited. Referring to his crash some time ago, he said he would have beaten Hinkler's record but for that mishap. He had carried out all his own repairs with the assistance of an Air Force crew. He would try to sell his aeroplane in Australia, otherwise he would ship it back to England, where he was due on his old job in March. His plans now comprise a flight to Brisbane, Sydney and probably to Melbourne. He left for Daly Waters at mid-day. Flight-Lieutenant Hill is a tall, jovial young man, a. typical Cornstalk. His aeroplane is blue and silver and is named Jane after his wife, who is awaiting his arrival at Brisbane. He, too, is most anxious to greet her. He is wearing a green coat, a khaki shirt, green shorts, grey and gold stockings and black shoes. Before his departure for Daly Waters a local aboriginal prisoner handed him a white nosegay for somebody down south. All the goats were driven off the aerodrome before he hopped off. A far larger crowd of local people was present to see him depart than saw’ his arrival. A message received later at Darwin states that Hill was forced down behind the school at Pine Creek, 150 miles southeast of Darwin. Hill was uninjured, but one wing of the plane was damaged, and it is not known whether he can repair it locally.