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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 7, 1928, p. 6

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london- australian journaiutlupnhtg flight is made by eu3k3ssk ivi 0 uvmor with a great desire to accompany him ltflan anu tyonian mrs lancaster who is a personal melbourne be in eng- lancaster was con- she was seized j friend of hers has two small children several records are broken what did your husband say about by intrepid coupl plane was baby avro avian briffcane queensland the it she was asked oh she replied i sent him a cable message telling him to expect mo by plane and ho cabled back do not do anything fool ish nd ho sent tho money for my d 11- passago by boat but i used it for tho kose a baby avro avian airplane a trl i replica of hinklers machine flew into n red the eagle farm airdrome at 5 oclock on the afternoon of march 2c with capt w on the day of their arrival in dar win the aviators announced that tho flight up to that time had cost them don to darwin occupied 32 days fly ing time auction sale of entire village quaint little old country town under auctioneers hammer w n lancaster as pilot and oob of thoirownmonej yfinkiers mr- keth miller of melbourne as fli ht cost f55 the j from lon- passenger the red rose left london on oct 17 on the flight to australia und she met with many mishaiw on the way captain i ancasier and mrs miller arrived with tho punctuality that characterized hinklers visit they were due from toowooaiba at 5 pm and at that hour the graceful outline of the red rose with two quantas planes as escorts appeared tver the city and made a most inspiring pic ture the venture of the airman and his plucky little companion had fire loa example of the old the imsginnt of the people and han the matter of eng- there was intense interest in the land- llsh landownership was afforded ing of the plane at the eagle fan undor rather unusual circumstances airdrome the aviators impressed whc iot a p rt everyone with their modeity und nb- quaint lttle town of amershambuck- sence of fuss although he had broken inghamshire hidden in the chiltern two recoids in oviationthe longest hillscame under the auctioneers distance tight in a babv airplane lmer for some time prevously cnrrying a passenger and the eoncey- tho cottages as well as more preten- ing of the first woman bv air from tious residences stores shops and england to ausraliacapt lancait- garden bore catalogue numbers in er generously made it cer that he anticipation of the sale which was regarded hinklers achievement as the held ln the malt house of the town greatest of any british aviator and brewery as the ancient town hall was he hastened to add his quota of praise too small to hold the crowd that had te the galbrit qumnslamler gathered evervor0 was anxious to see the the property for generations had pluckv little woman who has earned bee 0wne1 b tho drake f the distinction of being the first of the recent owner was tyrwhitt her sex to fly from england to aus- councillor of the borough of tralia and everyone agreed that her i maidstone nickname chubby described her in every tenant previous to the sale a word her chubby smiling face was chasing the cottage he occupied and bronzed a nutbrown by the sunshine j nad 1 an opportunity of pur- of many lands since she left england j cottagers availed themselves of on her perilous adventure more than j this five months ago i some years ago the little town of interviewed on her arrival at too- shaf tsbury dorsetshire was sold woomba mrs miller said she under- under somewhat similiar conditions took the flight for a rag she is an australian she was born in west the motorized business cycle is a australia and has been living for revolutionary tiling all its turns are boiro years in victoria she is married for the better englands queen of the air what boy wouldnt go trio of boy scouts win a trip to africa they will go with mr and mrs martin johnson to hunt big game from left douglas oliver atlanta david martin jr austin minn robert douglas jr greensboro nc hawaii welcomes southern cross us to australian flyers plan to move on in a few- days time fiji next stop ii olulu spanning the pacific air line from oakland ca the giant tri- mctcred monoplane southern cross field circled and taxied down in front of the reviewing stand where more than 2000 persons hud gathered for the welcome governor wallace r farrington of hawaii was first to greet the intrepid crew almost continuously throughout the flight the radio transmitting set of the plane kept the world informed of tho crafts progress in the flights later stages the operator reported battery trouble prevented reception but per fect tarnsmission continued at noon the southern cross report ed we soon will bo there now cross- a h eet r m great britains newest wonder warplane kipon ii is capable of 150 miles an hour yet able to remain in the air for 12 hours with full load and discharge a torpedo weighing a ton and drop bombs picture shows the plane releasing a torpedo african colored workers revolt demonstrators carry banners inscribed with away with slavery cape town south africa unrest among the colored workers of south i gain a meed of the affection centred i around the old flag it was significant the guardian j continues that the ugliest blot on tho celebrations recently was the riotous enthusiasm shown for the union jack in the counterdemonstration by ne groes who doubtless remember that under it an end was made to the slavery of their people they have yet to be convinced that south africas national policy will bring africa led to a demonstration counter them any comparable benefit the landed at wheeler field near here i ing oahu nearing wheeler field at 1219 pm pacific coast time fri- th th voo day completing the first leg of u nl headed for wheeler iield 20 mles 7788mile aerial journey from call- j landed wthn 18 mn fornia to australia ut the hazardous 2400mile ocean hop was maie in 27 hours and 28 minutes a race with a fastfailing gasoline eui ly developed in the closing hours of the flight and there were tense hioments when the planes radio which had i ant out a dramatic account of the hopes fears and emotions of the crew of four flashed a message guess we are lost there was little gasoline to spare when the great blue and silver fokker lord jellicoe in motor collision british admiral has narrow escape when car hits bus london admiral iord jellicoe and came to a halt after its long cruise liady joili narrowly escaped injury from the mainland it was the fifth i r en when thoir automobile collid- lime the perilous passage had been mot in the busy west successfully negotiated i strict commanded by the australian cap- 1 jli hco commanded tho tain charles kingsfordsmith and b firani fleet in its north sea with a crew of charles t p ulm wul tho german navy in 1910 australian relief pilot james war- j t controversy followed as to whe- nor united states radio operator and thor he had given proper support to flarry lvon united states navigator i eari r commander of the plane took off from oakland at j cruiser squadron and who to the celebration of the eighteenth anniversary of the union of south africa a large crowd consisting mostly of colored people marched in a procession through the streets of cape town headed by the band of the natives organization the independent color ed workers union and carrying banners on the banners were in scribed africans arise away with slavery down with anti- native laws the crowd tore national flages from passing motor cars and loudly cheered the union jack becoming bolder the crowd attacked the police with stones tho police being compelled to niake several charges with their batons two arrests were made and then the crowd dispersed tho labor weekly new leader says it has received details of the ar rest at johannesburg of clements ka- dalie secretary of the colored work ers trade t- of south africa on a charge arising out of a speech on south africas economic and political policy which he delivered at dunban on may c oliver schreiner barrister nephew of the famous writer olive schreiner has been retained to defend kadalie it is announced that w g balltng- er secretary of the motherwell scot land trade council has been appoint ed in an organizing position in tho colored workers trade union of south africa with a view to establish ing the union as an effective trade un ion machine on sound administrative and financial methods tho manchester guardian com mends the statesmanlike spirit shown in the speeches made by premier j b m hcrtzog of the union of south africa and gen jan christian smuts former premier and present leader of tht opposition at cape town in connection with the unfurling of the new national lag along with tho union jack on the 18th anniver sary of the establishment of the un ion tho guardian however says it would be idle to ignore the warning given by negro demonstrators at cape town that the new flag has still to greatest of all the tasks before the south african government is to re move that doubt plymouth greets sir alan cobham flying geographer back from 21000mile african flight london following a 21000mile flight around africa sir alan cob- hm great britains flying geo grapher returned to his base at pry- mouth on thursday evening to receive an enthusiastic welcome from a groat crowd lining the slopes of plymouth hoe his arrival was so unexpected that air vicemarshal sir w scfton brancker the director of civil avia tion who had gone to plymouth to express tho air ministrys congratula tions had gono walking along the headland overlooking tho sound when ho spotted the flying boat he sprint ed two miles arriving breathlessly just in time to welcome sir cobham as he came ashore sir alan said he was convinced that there were wonderful opportunities for tho establishment of aviation routes in the dark continent for flying is possible sg5 days in the year and journeys which take days or jweeks can be accomplished in a few hours cobhams feat without any flourish of trumpets sir alan cobham slipped quietly into plymouth town thursday night and landed at the aerodrome thereby com- leting an aerial tour of twentyone thousand miles from england around africa and back a trip that occupied five months this is by far tho great est extended air flight ever made it was undertaken purely for survey purposes and the results have proved of very great value lady cobham accompanied her husband throughout his trip british airmen continue to do their work unostentatiously and without any seeking after shouting and flag- waving in fact this sort of thing is specifically discouraged by the author ities and the british air ministry conveys its rare congratulations with a minimum of publicity the main 32 jungle beasts born in zoo berlin within the last year 32 beasts of prey lions tigers leop ards jaguars black panthers and pumas born ln captivity were raised ln the berlin zoological gar den dr ludwlg heck the director of the zoo announced at the gen eral annual meeting of stockhold ers point is that the work goes on that it is well done and that it shows great britain ia not falling behind in aerial activities but actually taking the lead in the most useful form such activities can take anglesey chooses miss lloyd george daughter of liberal leader hopes to take her seat by her father london miss megan lloyd georgo daughter of tho liberal leader has been choseu as liberal candidate for anglesey at tho next election demands recognition the nizam of hyderabad most powerful of the indian native rulers ha3 ilomandcil recognition by the british government of his independence ho rules 121500000 people the communist menace lo mondo ouvrier ind the city council has ordered the police lo made an investigation into the activi ties ot tho communists it is not by tracking down the few communists that wo have in montreal at the pres ent time that we can hope to destroy this doctrine tho surest method of preventing its development is to treat tho working class as they should be treatod to remove the causes of popular discontent lo make them happy not to exploit them and to give them their place in the sun gimme a couple of eggs please b51 am pacific time thursday we had a beautiful trip no trouble at all said captain kingsfordsmith iirst to leave the plane amid tho plau- tits of the emotional hawaiian popu- ace wo will continue as planned p suva if schedule is followed the fliers ther if ho had the german fleet could not have been destroyed v naval expcrtsj as time went on in clined moro and moro to jellicoes side only three years ago ho was raised from tho rank of viscount which king georgo had given him in 1918 to earl tho title granted his iwo fol- ifhopbin uecond leg of 3100 miles to suva on ttho tiny fiji island tho takeoff will e made from a specially constructed nnway om the barking sands of aual island microscopic examination of frana halss portrait of a woman revoals j that ha got his unusual grays by a escorted by army and navy planes mixture of flake whlto and charcoal the southern cross came over whoolor black now seldom used by artists haig arxi admiral bcatty llangefni anglesoywales storm scenes marked the first political auu- cess of miss megan lloyd george local differences among the liberal electors caused a noisy scene when they met to choose their candidate for tho beat there were three candi datesmiss lloyd george ellis w roberts and col lawrence williams colonel williams lu his speech to the liberal association showed warm resentment for the support which was being given tho young woman and he was frequently hailed by hostile comments the majority however apparently wanted miss lloyd george as their representative and she got 323 votes to the colonels 14 while mr roberts got 215 she has much of her fathers gift of incisive speech she made a good impression when touring the constitu ency and her speech of thanks was loudly applauded ot her political career she said in announcing her candidature i love my father dear ly i admire him as a great chief my political chief i am affiliated to his party and want to collaborate in his work avonmouth dock opened by prince extension is built at cost of 1250000 prince wears his new uniform bristol the new 1250000 oast- i em arm extension of tho royal edward dock at avonmouth was form ally declared open by tho princo of wales in the presence of nearly 5000 visitors including so lord mayors and dignitaries from ail parts of great britain the prince of wales who for the first time woro his uniform as master of the merchant sorvico and fishing fleet was met at tho station by the lord mayor ot bristol and other officials entering a motor car they drove through tho gallyhoflaggod streets lined with cheering throngs to avonmoulh the guests of honor occupied spe cially constructed stands overlooking the avon and severn along which the r m s bayano with tho prince aboard passed on his way to tho now dock and thousands of school child- iron sang god bless tho princo of i wales the vessol hroko tho ribbon i which had boon placed across tho en trance and tho dock was declarod formally opon the princo then dls- cmbnrkod at the dock ontranco and on a decorated dais rocolvod an ad dress of welcomo from tho corpora tion of bristol nurmi will run in 1928 olympic games amsterdam holland the dutch olympic committee received word wednesday that paavo nurmi the great finnish athlete whose participa tion in the 192s games had been con sidered doubtful will enter the 1500 5000 and 10000meter flat races and the hurdle events the other finnish stars including william ritola albln o stenroos the lt24 marathon winner and k vllen hurdler are reported in excellent con dition paavo nurmi fourtime winner and individual running star of the 1921 olympics at paris will attempt to conquer a new field the hurdles if developments bear out tho word sent to amsterdam presumably nurmi would select the 100moter low hurdles but it is doubtful whether the finnish runnor has speed enough for this short ovent ho entered the 800meter run in tho last olympics but did not start confining his efforts to winning the 1500meter flat races the 3000metei team race mid 10000meter cross country since the crosscountry race has beon removed from tho olympic pro gram nurmi will seek tho 10000- 1 meter titlo on tho opening day with ritola as probably his foremost rival by defending his titlo in the 1500- meter run nurmi will faco the ameri can star lloyd hahn and probably dr otto pelizer his german con- quoror if the latter is in shnpo to start five and ten cent grocery shop is new it is on 3th avenue new york not far from the theatrical district and is expected to be tho first link of a chain calculated to fill a longfelt want ono man operates it forest conservation sherbrooke tribune lib alarm- will go alone to arctic ottawa in order to obtain ma terial for a thesis cornelius osgood of chicago will go to tho arctic alono to record nntivo eskimo and indjnn songs on a phonograph mr osgood who is 23 years old and a postgraduate student in tho depart ment of anthropology at the univer sity of chicago plans to leave hero for edmonton and fort norman which ho will use a3 n baso for ex ploration of tho great boar lake dis trict he expects to bo gono a yenr and a half during much of tho time ho will livo with tho hnreskin indinns last summer ho visited tho pcaco rivor section of northern alberta tho onemar expedition will bo under direction of tho national mu- soum of canada immigration permits lo dovolr ind how many thou sands of immigrants havo ontorod canada with aid of thoso permits ob tained by fraud or docoit cannot bo ascorlnlnod wo oursolvos havo soon in 1913 hundreds of pormlts of this kind ln a fow days investigation ists predict tho early disappearance of w they all bought it is impos- our forests they claim that in a a to say butf wlilt m03t short time fifteon or twonty years 1or mliilstorh or hlghor officials certain industries will not havo nny all 8 them and tho abnso moro wood than thoy actually need at loast oxlsted in that respect fif- for raw material no doubt lhoso j- nav0 chang0 affirmations are exaggerated but tho situation it ono credits what is there is plenty of cause for disquiet k0 on at ottawa and no moro than and lo tako tho neccssany stops be- a co of tho voll has yot beon tore it is too lato lifted

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