AROUND AUSTRALIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16545, 3 October 1921, Page 7

AROUND AUSTRALIA.

PARER ENCOUNTERS MORE TROUBLE. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 3, 10.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, October 3. Lieutenant Parer had trouble with his engine, which developed knocking on the way to Adelaide in the second attempt at a flight round Australia. The flight wai interrupted.

Lieutenant Parer, accompanied by Mark Parer and Anthony ~Kaye, left Melbourne on August 3, in a biting wind, with bail and rain, and after travelling forty miles his engines developed trouble. He landed safely, and sent his companions away to obtain wood for overhauling purposes. While away Parer started to overhaul tho machine, but the strong wind oveibalanced him, and his legs and feet were caught in the revolving propeller. A big toe was broken and both feet badly bruised. He was suffering severely from exposure when his companions returned, and was removed to hospital. Parer is the young aviator who last year successfully completed a flight from Great Britain to Australia with the late Lieutenant M’lntosh. Using a machine fitted with a 160-horse-power Beardmore Asngiine, they intend to land at Ouyen and Mildura, and then fly direct to Adelaide. From the South Australian capital the party propose to follow the transcontinental railway, arrangements having been made for petrol supplies to be replenished at points along this route. When tile West Australian coast is reached the machine will turn north, and will follow tho coast line to Port Darwin, stops being contemplated at Broome and Gerald ton- On leaving Port Darwin, Lieutenant Parer will traverse practically the same route as that followed in the closing stages of his world flight, flying across Queensland, and thence south to Sydney and Melbourne. Mr Mark Parer stated in an interview that the flight would probably occupy three months, and 10,000 miles would be covered. It is proposed to derive some revenue from passenger flights at the towns to bo visited, and also from the set of films which will be taken on the journey. Mr Parer explained that the object was to provide funds to enable Lieutenant Parer to compete, on behalf of Australia, in the international trans-Pacific flight competition to be held next year. In this event, which will involve a flight from Australia to the United States, France, England and America are being represented by machines.