MISS JEAN BATTEN
DEPARTURE FOR WELLINGTON. [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, June 26. I “It is a case of ‘au revoir’ and not] ‘farewell’ ” said Miss Jean Batten before leaving for Wellington by the | Limited express this evening. “I shall look forward very much to my return to Auckland. Everyone has been wonderfully kind to me, and I was genuinely thrilled at the splendid reception. J t was very encouraging tv feet that people were so interested in what I was doing. I would like to thank them all for giving me such a homecoming. ’ ’ Miss Batten found time to pay a brief visit to the Blind Institute, where Leading Aircraftsman Jack Simpson, who lost his sight in an air crash neai Wigram Aerodrome in 1932, is undergoing a course of training. On arrival in Wellington Miss Batten will proceed to Government House, where she will be the guest of J heir Excellencies and will attend ceremonies in connection with the opening of Parliament. The date of her return to Auckland is not yet fixed, but it is understood that she will visit the South Island centn-- fir>t. _
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 150, 27 June 1934, Page 8
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187MISS JEAN BATTEN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 150, 27 June 1934, Page 8
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