By Jacqui Martinez
Freda Thompson found
Miss Freda Thompson, solo Victorian flier, was found 16 miles north of Tennant's Creek after running out of petrol, the Herald reported. Thompson landed in sand and spinifex country, spending the night by her Gypsy Moth plane. Discussing her flight, Miss Thompson said that she gave up all hope of breaking Miss [Jean] Batten's record to Australia, when she was delayed in Greece for 20 days awaiting a spare part.
Freda Thompson sitting in the cockpit of a de Havilland DH.60G-III Moth Major.Credit: Fairfax Archives
Hats off in lifts
Sir, I entirely disagree with the sweeping statements of "An Illogical Hat Remover". If it is correct for a male to remove his hat upon a woman entering a lift, he should, to be logical, also remove his hat in every shop, tram, train, and other public place where a woman and he happen to be, which, of course, would be ridiculous. Do let us use some common sense, and scrap this peculiar practice.
Long ride on tricycle
Search parties were organised to search for William Miles, 3, who was missing from his home in Blaxcell Street, Granville, for more than three hours. He was missed at 5pm, and he was not traced until 8.30pm, when Mrs Colless saw him riding his tricycle past her dairy, in Kissing Point Road, Dundas, about eight miles from his home. Mrs Colless kept him until his parents arrived for him.