FLIGHT TO ENGLAND

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 163, 13 July 1933, Page 5

FLIGHT TO ENGLAND

MR. WOODS’ PROGRESS. BOMBAY, July 11. Mr. Woods arrived at Mingaladon at 5 p.m. from Bankok. He experienced a bad monsoon and strong head winds. AVIATOR’S SUFFERINGS MR. MATTERN’S ACCIDENT. STORY’ OF HIS ADVENTURES. MOSCOW, July 11. Mr. Mattern is suffering from a broken ankle and influenza. The full story of Mr. Mattern’s adventures has been published. After his forced landing he spent nearly three weeks in desolate country on the fringe of the Arctic. He only saw human beings when lie saw a cutter barge sailing down tho Anadyr River. He frantically signalled, but was too far away. For eight days he lived on the scene of the crash on a scanty ration of chocolate biscuits, ■which were exhausted in three days. Then he shot some small game, which was scarce, but he often went hungry. On the ninth day he moved to the river bank and built a hut of young cedar trees, where ho lived for six days, with the hope of rescue growing fainter daily. Then two barges manned by Chukchi natives, saw his signals and took him to a camp, where he met Soviet guards who had been searching for him. SIR C. KINGSFORD SMITH ALTERATION IN PLANS NOT FLYING TO ENGLAND SYDNEY, July 12. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has abandoned the proposal to fly to England at the end of August, but will go either by steamer or air mail from Batavia, and will fly a Percival Gull monoplane back to Australia and, should, circumstances permit, endeavour to make an England to Australia record. CIVIL AVIATION FEDERAL ENCOURAGEMENT CANBERRA, July 12. Five thousand pounds were allocate ! by the Federal Cabinet for tho encouragement of private aviation Vitei [irises in the current financial year. Three thousand pounds will be used at tho discretion of the Minister of Defence Io relieve tho difficulties under which a number of enterprises are working and £2OOO are specifically for an aerial oil survey.