Port Darwin, Jan. 19, Having completed a twelve days' flight from England to Australia with almost clock-work I sion, " Air-Commodore Kingsford-Smith landed here at' 145 pom, to-'The fist thing to. greet him was a telegram from an influential group} of residents of Sydne; to stand as a United At candidate at the' forthcoming "bytion for East Sydney. Mr. M. 'A, Noble, one of the most famous. of the Australian cricketers of 25 years ago, has also been nominat~ a candidate Kingsford-Smith brought with hi in the Southern Star 700 Ib, of mail from England. His flight to England was undertaken in an emerg-fancy, when the plane carrying the] Australian Christias mail crashed at Alor Star in Malaya, Kingstor Smith set off at. practically a_mot's notice in the Southern' Star ked up the mail and succeeded in getting it, to England in good time for Christmas delivery, "Had not been for bad weather encountered in Fiance he would have. established a record for the Auste ian to England flight, Air-Commodore Kingsfor has definitely declined nomination as} candidate of the United Australia Party at the forthcoming by-election in East Sydney.—Reuter, Melbourne, Jan, 23.
Aix Commodore Charles Kings- United Press. ford-Smith here today "that he intended to devote! all his energies to the organisation of a regular ait, mail service between Australia and England, The famous airman, who. holds: 2 high position with the Australian, Ni ional Airways, declared that his could not. continue to: function unless it received a subsidy. from the Government.
If this. were} not forthcoming, he would probably Teave Australia within a month to take up a_post offered to him in
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