Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm and their two American comrades, Lieut. H. Lyon (navigator) and James Warner (radio expert), completed their historic flight from San Francisco ...
Article : 1,300 wordsThe civic reception at the Town Hall was characterised by the wildest enthusiasm, and wh[?] a telegram from the Prime Minister was read, announcing the Government's ...
Article : 578 wordsWireless messages received at King's Bay, from the supply ship Citta di M[?]no state thnt she has been in touch with the airship Italia. ...
Article : 628 wordsLike a bird called to earth by the 200.000 voices which greeted her, the Southern Cross swept down upon Mascot aerodrome at five minutes past three yesterday afternoon and landed perfectly. ...
Article : 230 wordsMr. Birkett, K.C., in opening the case for the police, before the tribunal appointed to inquire into the allegations of Miss Irene Savidge, said that his submission would be that ...
Article : 572 wordsIt was stated on reliable authority last night that Captain Kingsford Smith and Mr. C. T. P. Ulm will leave almost immediately on a flight from Sydney to New Zealand. ...
Article : 99 words"I have no hesitation in saying that there were 200,000 people present," said Inspector T. Duffell, of the Police Department, last night, in estimating the crowds that swarmed ...
Article : 341 wordsIf the gods had put all the stars into a tin box and rattled them in some hollow at the bottom of space, they couldn't have made more noise. It sounded as though the planets ...
Article : 1,512 wordsFriday's matches at the Gipsy Hill tournament attracted an increased attendance. Moon had no trouble in beating the former Indian Davis Cup player, A. A. Fyzee. The American, ...
Article : 763 wordsKingsford Smith in reply, said: "This is a very big moment in our lives, as you can imagine. It is the fulfilment of my life's ambition. Ulm is an equal co-leader in this ...
Article : 514 words"The flight, in our opinion, is nothing that we could not do over again," declared Captain Kingsford Smith and Mr. C. T. P. Ulm when interviewed immediately after their arrival at ...
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Article : 196 wordsThe Southern Cross for Some hundreds of miles on its journey from Brisbane yesterday was accompanied by the Defence Department's D.H. 50A, powered with a 330 Nimbus engine, ...
Article : 287 wordsNothing makes a deeper impression on human emotions than comradeship among the participants in a venture so notable as the flight of the Southern Cross. Even the most ...
Article : 286 wordsSir William Joynson Hicks, Home Secretary, and a leader of the Evangelicals, announces that in the event of the rejection of the prayer book measure by the House of ...
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Article : 76 wordsThe Southern Cross left Eagle Farm aerodrome on the flight to Sydney at 10.10 yesterday morning, in brilliant sunshine, to the accompaniment of the cheering of thousands ...
Article : 133 wordsScenes of intense enthusiasm were witnessed at the aerodrome. When the giant plane had gracefully landed the four airmen were escorted to the large official platform, where ...
Article : 1,405 wordsThe Southern Cross passed over Newcastle at 2.20 p.m. to-day. The great local interest in the flight was demonstrated by the crowds which filled the streets of the city ...
Article : 153 words"I understand that Mr. Roe is contemplating a machine able to fly at considerable altitude at an hitherto undreamt-of speed, rumoured at 1000 miles an hour," said Sir ...
Article : 84 wordsAt 11.30 to-day the airmen will be welcomed at the Town Hall by the Civic Commissioners. At 1 p.m. they will be entertained at luncheon; at 4 p.m. they will place ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 11 Jun 1928, Page 11
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