THE LOST AVIATORS.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19462, 29 December 1934, Page 5

THE LOST AVIATORS.

MEMORY HONOURED. CEREMONY AT HONOLULU. WREATH PLACED IN THE SEA. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Dec. 29, 11.30 a.m.) HONOLULU, Dec. 28. A wreath of Australian flowers was dropped into the sea 300 miles eastward of Honolulu, in memory of Messrs Ulm, Littlejohn and Skilling. Captain Jphanson said the wreath was made in Sydney and was carried, in the ship’s chilling room for the ceremony. The Monterey was stopped- and the passengers and crew assembled, for a short service. Taps was sounded as the wreath w 7 as lowered into the sea. Messrs David Yaffa and Kenneth G. Hall, Sydney friends of Mr Ulm, spoke at the service.

On sailing, from Honolulu Captain Johanson said- “We are paying homage to a man who furthered commercial aviation, with which modern steamship enterprises are- in closest sympathy." Messrs Yaffa and Hall, in'a statement, said: “Australia was deeply moved by the fine serach by the American service and public. The great sympathy shown .by America has brought the tw 7 o nations closer, and Australia will never forget the humane gesture.’ ’ The Lanakdi touched the tiny islands westward without finding any traces of the wrecked plane.