Air Minister's Congratulations: on Flying Boat Cruise London, Mar. 1.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for "Air, has sent the following telegram.
Cave, officer commanding the four super-marine Southampton flying: oats which heve just reached Singapore on their cruise to the Far East: "I warmly congratulate you nnd all under your command fon the highly sycee of first, 11,001 flight. The regularity with which you have adhered to your time-inbies reflects great credit on all, concerned and demonstrates convineingly the important role which lying-boats can fil in the Empire oth for defence purposes in of war and in developing air com. munication in time of peace—Rewter,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.