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STORY OF SCOTT'S the meteorological people said on that if it had not been for a
FLIGHT.
Horrors of the Timor
Sea.
BROADCAST TALK.
"I imagined that this flight was merely fulfilling the ambition of my life.
Since I have arrived here people say it is much more than that. They say it is going definite ly to speed air maila between Eng land and this country, and thus draw the two countries closer to gether. What has been done by me in a light machine can be done in faster time with a multiple-engined machine, so that I believe it will not be long before England and Australia will be brought into closer touch with each other."
This was a passage in a breezy speech broadcast from Brisbane by Flying-Officer C. W. A. Scott, who recently broke the record for a flight from England to Australia. The account he gave of his adven tures and difficulties of his fight; showed clearly the characteristic way in which he made light of his troubles, says the Brisbane Courier. "Hello, people of Australia," was the prefatory greetings. Scott speaking now. I um frightfully
kind to have this chance of speak ing to Australians, although I can not see you. After the cordial and most spontaneous reception I mel with in Brisbane to-day I am glad of this opportunity to express my thanks, I am not going to say I had
a difficult time on the way out.
have been extremely fortunate Nobody enjoys hard work, and cer tainly flying is hard work, but hav ing got through this job I am frightfully glad to be here, where I find I am among all my friends again. When I landed in Austra lia four years ago I knew nobody, but in that comparatively short
time. I have made a host of friends, who, I hope, I will keep for the real of my life.
Story of The Flight.
"I suppose you would like to hear Bomething about my flight," he said. "To say anything about
in a few words is rather difficult. Throughout the journey I did not feel that I was alone. I considered my engine in the light of a personal friend, so you will understand when I use the pronoun 'we' in regard to this trip. I left Austra lia 3 months ago in order to go to England to collect this machine and fly back here.
I
this occasion actually occurred. was favoured with a good tail wind, and I made Belgrade the first night, The first half of the journey
took eight hours, And the second half took just half the time.
bush fire on the trip of a mountain, I might have crashed into the high- est point of the range.
"At Victoria Point, where there are only about two men and a dog, I met some more friends, who gave Worst Weather Conditions.
They me great encouragement. "The next stage of the journey insisted that next morning I must was to be Aleppa. I had heard set off for Palambang, which is 300 that there was a big range of moun- miles beyond Singapore. Sure tains between Belgrade and enough I got to Palambang, and Sofin, but nobody had told me any was maintaining my 300 miles over thing about the Taurus Mountains, the record. On the ninth day I got which are about 180 miles from to Bima, after a flight of 1,150 Aleppo. I managed to get over the miles. Owing to afternoon storms first range of mountains all right, we (my engine and I) had to go but when I came to the Taurus long distances overseas, and I land- Mountains I met the worst weathered at Bima, with a great amount of conditions I experienced during luck, after dark. the trip. I ran into snow storms, hall, and heavy rain storms, and everything was as miserable as it could be.
As I flew upwarda the mountains seemed to come up with me, and I did not know where I could a pass through them.
"Fortunately I found ↓ river, which I fallowed. I thought that the river must lead me to the val- leys on the Syrian side of the A railway ran almost mountain, parallel to the river. A railway is the airman'a beat friend, because it is always marked I therefore left the on the map. river and followed the railway for some time. But I found that rail- waya have a horrible habit of going through mountains. I lost the rail- way when it went into a tun- nel. I therefore went back to the river and fallowed that, and it led me right through the mountains to my destination."
"Owing to the bad weather con- ditions, and the time spent in find ing a way through the moun- tains, I failed to reach Aleppo by
The
35 miles. and I landed in a field just as it was getting dark. next morning I flew to Aleppo, where I Alled up with petrol and oil, but as that took some time 1 decided to make an easy day of it, and make my next stopping point Bagdad-a flight of 450 miles from Aleppo,
Half A Day Behind.
"I had hoped to reach Darwin in 8% days, but on the third day 1
was half a day behind my pro- grumme. I, therefore, decided to make one and a half days' flight in just one day. I started off very early, and got to Bushire just after sunrise. I had to go through some slight formalities with the Customs Department. They put me through as quickly as they could, but even this slight delay made it impossible for me to land at, Kara- chi in daylight, 80 I decided to do the last 300 miles after dark. "Before I left I told a lot of my "I had a lot of bother in landing, friends that if I were successful | but finally manage to secure a suit- in breaking this record it would be largely a matter of luck. Now that the record is actually reduced, I again say that record-breaking over long distances is definitely a matter of luck.
31.
"I met
111 Australian
The Last Day. am not going to say much about the last day.
I knew that if my engine did not let me down I would break the record, and that would mean the fulfilment of the my journey, engine failure was dread. If the engine had failed I would not have been speaking to you to-night.
" is perfectly horrible to fly over the Timor Sen. The clock actually seemed to stand still. But all things come to an end, and you can- not imagine how pleased I was to get to Darwin.
"I reached there at 5.50 p.m. on Friday, the journey from England having taken exactly 9 days 4 hours and 25 minutes, which works out at 110 hours 10 minutes. Thus I had broken the record to Australia by about 19 hours. That success was
due to the night flying. I was most bucked about having beaten -no, I will not say that, I will say bettered-Commodore Kingsford Smith's great achievement. There
is na man I have a greater respect
for."
"I thank you very much, people of Australia, for the welcome you have accorded to me," were his con-
eluding words.
DEBT LEADS TO WAR.
Heavy Fighting Among Basuto Natives.
A
judgment against a wealthy native
Basutoland trader obtained
for a considerable debt. The native refused to pay, whereupon the District Commissioner attempt- ed to impound his stock, but the native fled to the hills with all his property.
The local chief was ordered to capture him, and sent out a num- ber of his men. Heavy fighting ensued, the debtor having gathered a number of his friends and trenched himself.
en-
Basutoland natives are permitted to carry guns, and a regular war is now developing. Reports of the casualties vary, but it is known that four of the chief's men have been killed and also four of the
debtor's.
On one occasion the debtor was His horse was
able spot. It was fortunate that I landed there, because I found that inadvertently I had pumped two of my tanks dry, and it was question able whether from that point I would have had enough petrol to "We left England just before have reached Karachi I, therefore, sun-up on April 1. I could have decided to wait until the morning. nearly surrounded, made my departure on the previous
there shot from underneath him, but he day, but there were certain forma named Ferguson, who gave me a sprang up behind a friend and es. lities to be gone through with the great deal of help. It was on the caped by dashing through the Persian Government in order to fly sixth day of his fight that Com- chief's lines. over that country, and we did not modore Kingsford Smith got to Al- actually get permission until March| lahabad, and to maintain my lead On that day there was a head. I had to reach Calcutta on my sixth wind blowing 36 miles an hour, .day. I managed to do that. Look and as I wanted to do 1,100 miles ing back I realise that there was a on the first day I decided to wait great deal of fun in my venture, another 24 hours. On April 1 the but at that time it was a great or- weather reports were good. My deal and hardship, and it took people, who had come down on the quite an amount of moral effort, previous day to see me off, could and the help of other people to con- not repeat the journey of 60 miles, tinue the struggle. A there was really no one to say good-bye to me. I was told by the weather prophets that when I got out four hundred miles the head wind which was blowing 20 miles an hour would change into a tall wind.
Butter production in the threo Prairie Provinces is showing sub- stantial increases, states Joseph Burgess, chief of the division of dairy products, butter and cheese. branch. The increase in Saskat- chewan last year was 78 per cent.. Alberta 83 per cent., and Mani- toba 58 per cent., while substan- tial increases had also been re "I found more friends in Calcut corded in Eastern Canada and ta, and they absolutely forced me British Columbia., Mr. Burgess into the sky at midnight, in order said that in spite of the large in- that I should reach Victoria Point creases recorded the butter pro- on the seventh day, which would duetion of Canada was not yet put me 550 miles ahead of Kings- aufficient for domestic require- ford Smith's record. In this casements, and he predicted further no river to fol- large increases in production dur it was
dark, ing the coming year.
"We do not altogether believe there Was these weather prophets, but what low, and
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