The Comptroller of Civil Aviation (Colonel H. C. Brinsmead), who arrived at Brisbane last evening by the mail train from Sydney, left just before midnight ...
Article : 1,159 wordsBert Hinkler left Darwin for Cloncurry shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday morning. He was seen flying over Katherine Waters (about 200 miles away), at 9 o'clock, and has not been heard of since. In view of his wonderfully consistent progress to Australia, there is ...
Article : 232 wordsBundaberg is wrought up to a fever pitch of excitement, with photographs of its hero in every second shop window. The great invasion from country districts has begun, and the first rivulets ...
Article : 1,539 wordsThe "Courier" fund for a testimonial to Bert Hinkler reached £215 yesterday, and the contributions included a cheque for 100 guineas from Sir Benjamin Fuller ...
Article : 464 wordsThe Shell representative at Darwin advises that Lieut Hinkler left, under ideal conditions, at 7.30 o'clock this morning, feeling fit and well. The machine was in ...
Article : 148 words"Lieut. Bert. Hinkler is to be invited to Canberra by the Federal Government, to be presented wtih a cheque for £2000, on behalf of the people of Australia, and as a memento of his great ...
Article : 927 wordsHis Majesty the King has sent the following message to his Excellency, the Governor-General for communication to Mr. Hinkler. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Mayor of Darwin wired to Camooweal that Lieutenant Hinkler left at 7 a.m., but would not call at Camooweal. The wireless operator ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsThe Ma[?]or of Bundaberg (Alderman B. Maclean) wired to Lieutenant Hinkler at Darwin, asking him to endeavour to arrive at Bundaberg on Saturday afternoon at ...
Article : 419 wordsThe Mayor of Bundaberg (Alderman B. Maclean) announced this afternoon that a subscription fund has been opened for Lieutenant Hinkler, and he had issued ...
Article : 200 wordsThe British Imperial Oil Coy. Limited sent the following telegram to the [?]ntas Aerodrome at Cloncurry late last night:—"If ...
Article : 51 wordsThe president of the Brisbane Water Board Sailor and Soldier Employees' Association (Mr. H. J. Wright) said yesterday that the association had sent the ...
Article : 83 wordsAsked to-day if the Government proposed to endeavour to secure Hinkler's machine for Australia, the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) stated that the matter had ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Sat 25 Feb 1928, Page 15
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