GRAF ZEPPELIN.
ARRIVAL AT LAKEHURST. WORLD CRUISE ENDED. 20,000 MILES TRAVERSED, \ (By Telegraph. —Press Assn. — Copyright.)'l (Australian Press Association.) (Received August 30, 10.15 a.m.) -1 NEW YORK, August 29. * The Zeppelin completed its world voyage, arriving at Lakehurst this morning. She covered 20,000 miles in 21 days 7i hours. The Los AngelesLakehurst leg took 52 hours. EVERYBODY DELIGHTED. AIRSHIP LEAVES TO-MORROW. RETURN TO FRIEDRICKSHAFEN (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Received August 30, 10.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 29. All the crew of the Zeppelin are enthusiastic over the voyage. Dr. Von Eckener announced that the dirigible would leave Lakehurst for Friedrickshafen at midnight on Saturday under the command of Captain Ernst Lehmann as he (Dr. Von Eckener) was going to Washington to confer with the Goodyear Zeppelin officials. | Lieutenant Richardson told of the astonishment of the people who saw the Zeppelin In distant countries. “When the people whom we saw on the ground sighted us they \yere frightened almost without exception ! and ran away as if the ship were a 1 monster.” )
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17803, 30 August 1929, Page 7
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