BROKEN MESSAGES
From Southern Cross MEETS WITH ROUGH WEATHER ON THE NORTHWARD TRIP (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Broken messages from the Southern Cross this morning on its flight to Dannevirke suggested that the weather conditions along the coast are none too pleasant, and what Mr.. Pankhurst. the New Plymouth pilot had to say after turning back to Rongotai. removes any doubt. Piloting a Western Federated Flying Club Moth ’plane, Mr. Pankhurst set out for New Plymouth yesterday, but found the going heavy and turned back. He tried again this morning, just after the Southern Cross left, the route taken by the Southern Cross being followed. “It was plentifully and thoroughly dirty,” said Mr. Pankhurst. “We got past the lighthouse at Karori and ran into a patch of bumps and pockets that very nearly got us,” he added.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 21 March 1933, Page 8
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