WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
TEMPTING OFFER REJECTED LATE SIR CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH STORY TOLD BY MB. SHEIL Received Feb. 20, 11.20 p.m SYDNEY, Feb.’2o. Mr. B. Sheil, who was a personal assistant to Sir Charles. Kingsford Smith, in a broadest, address to-night related that Sir Charles, not long before his last tragic flight, rejected a tempting offer to carry photographs 'of the Abyssinian war to London for a big newspaper syndicate there. Mr. Sheil said that tho syndicate offered Sir Charles £BOOO for a machine, and a big salary if he would personally fly a ’plane on its behalf for six months. Sir Charles felt, however, that acceptance of the offer would be unwise because of the feeling with rcga.,.l to the Abyssinian situation, and especially because he held a high rank in the Royal Australian Air Force. Therefore, he rejected the proposal.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 44, 21 February 1936, Page 7
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