LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT
KINGSFORD SMITH STARTS. EN ROUTE FOR AUSTRALIA. y ARRIVAL AT ROME. United Press Assn.—Etec. Tel. Copyright. (Received October 10, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 9. Wing-Commander Ivingsford Smith left Heston at dawn on his flight to Australia. (Received Oct.MO, 11.45 a.m.) ROME, Oct. 10. Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith has arrived here. NEW FOUNDLAND-ENQLAND. CANADIAN HOPS OFF. (Received October 10, ,9.5 a.m.) VANCOUVER, October 9. A message from Harbour Grace (Newfoundland) states that Captain Errol Boyd (Canada), Sub-Lieuten-ant Harold Connor (United States) as navigator, took off for England in the plane Columbia at 11.20 on Thursday morning. MATTHEWS STARTS AGAIN. United Press Assi.—filer. Tel. Copyright. BANGKOK, October 9. Captain F. J. Matthews,' who is flying to Australia, left Bangkok for Singora to-day. He was quite satisfied with the repairs to his 'aeroplane, which‘had to be half rebuilt._ He had been detained at Bangkok since his machine was damaged on September 26.
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18146, 10 October 1930, Page 7
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