CAUSE OF FLIGHT

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 25, Issue 3766, 8 June 1936, Page 3

CAUSE OF FLIGHT

FAMOUS AVIATOR’S TALE. Mr. James Mollison. the aviator who has established many records, described to members of the Royal Aero Club at a meeting recently in Sydney how he was prompted to make his Atlantic flight. One night, he said, he was at a cocktail party with a number of journalist friends. He had not contemplated an Atlantic flight up till then. One of his friends asked him what he proposed to do next. Feeling in good form he threw off the reply, “Fly across the Atlantic.” The reply was published, and consequently he felt that he had to make the trip. Soon afterwards he found himself being farewelled by the Lord Mayor of London, and off he went, dubious about it, but obliged to go on, as Press planes accompanied him part of the way. “And,” he said, “I somehow kept going until I found I had reached the coast of America.” NOT WORTH IT.

Jim Tolliver, coloured man, employed as man-of-all-work by Judge Thompson, brought round a horse and buggy for the Judge to drive to the courthouse every morning. One morning he asked the Judge to bring him a marriage license, as he intended entering the ranks of the benedicts.

“All right,” was the answer. “Give me two dollars and I’ll bring it home with me to-night.” He forgot to ask Jim for the name of his intended, but having seen him paying attentions to one of the maids, named Eliza, he had the license made out for Tolliver and that lady.

When Jim took the horse from the Judge upon the latter’s return home from the courthouse that evening, the Judge said, “Here’s that license for you and Eliza to be married, Jim.”

“But I ain’t goin’ to marry Eliza, Jedge. I’m gon’ to marry Emma.” “All right, give me another two dollars in the morning, and I’ll get another license for you and Emma,” said the Judge. When Jim brought the horse the following morning he said: “There ain t no use in gettin’ any more licenses, Jedge. There ain’t two dollars’ worth of difference be-

tween them two wimmin, so I’ll just marry Eliza.”