"Lindy" v. "Bert"

Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh has not flown from England to Australia in a series of hops lasting 15 days. That feat was performed by Australian Aviator Harold ("Bert") Kinkier. Last week, at Canberra the new Capital of Australia, a renowned British financier compared the feats of "Lindy" with those of "Bert."

The financier is Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Stevenson Home, a Director of the Suez Canal Co., of Lloyd's Bank, and of the Great Western Railway Co. During 1921-22 Sir Robert became the "complete financier" by achieving the office of British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Last week he boldly said that Airman Hinklers flight constitutes "the greatest single achievement in the history of aviation." He added that Airman Hinkler has "outclassed" Airman Lindbergh.