MISS AROHA CLIFFORD’S ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 119, 21 May 1931, Page 10

MISS AROHA CLIFFORD’S ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

WELL-KNOWN FLYER AND MR A. BRUSTAD AFFIANCED Kliss Aroha Clifford, whose engagement is announced, is the youngest daughter of Mr

claugnter ot jnr Walter Clifford of l Fendalton. Miss \ Clifford, who is known throughout New Zealand as a li: most competent I aviatrix, has interI csted herself in aviation for many years. She was the first woman member of | the Canterbury * Aero Club to become a pilot. She l. is a fully qualified proiinH pupiiippr

ground engineer, having recently taken a course in England at the de Havilland works. Kliss Clifford has done a considerable amount of flying throughout New Zealand, having on more than one occasion, piloted her 'plane across Cook Strait to traverse the North Island. Kliss Clifford owns her own ’plane and is the only woman in New Zealand to have a Puss Moth. Kliss Clifford is also keenly interested in mountaineering, having achieved some of the most difficult climbs in the Mount Cook regions. Her fiance, Kir Alf _ Brustad, is well known among alpinists.