'A presentation of a smoking set was made on May 27 at noon at the Fire Brigade Club to Mr.. T. Lindley, a former member of the Depart ment, who sailed on May 28 for New Guinea, via Hongkong. Capt, Gordon Dyson, Chief Omicer, made the presentation on behalf of the foreign officers, and Mr. Lindley responded. A tost to. the health of Mr. Lindley was drunk by the more than twenty persons present.
Bringing the Eurasia feet of giant Junkers planes up to"ix, another of the Deutsche Lufthansa machines arrived at Lunghwa Aerodrome on May 27 from Berlin, after a week's flying in easy stages from the capital, The machine left Berlin in the early moming of May 19. A crowd of Germans dus tered around the plane soon after it loxicd up in front of the Eurasia "shops", and the four members of the crew received bouquets, and were afterwards toasted in champagne by those who had gathered to greet them on arrival, The crew consisted of Messrs, Max Springweiler, Erich Fischer, wireless operators, W. Cyrus, chief pilot, and Albrecht Kiebsch, copilot.
Interviewed soon after the arrival of the plane, the chief pilot stated that the fight had been accomplished comfortably, the weather en. route being favourable with the exception of occasional patches of stormy weather. This was his first visit. the Far East, and he was to remain here for two years asa pilot'in the Eurasia Aviation Corporation, Mr. Springweiler, already well-known to aviators in China, having served two years out here, is to complete a sec~ and term with Eurasia, Mr, Cyrus stated that he had been with Lufthanso for ton years, and had obtained al his flying experience in commercial planes, operating on European routes, Tue net sum collected on Empire Day for the Limbless Soldiers and Sailors Fund was §1.855.14
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