Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-04 | Page 7 | Natives of Fiji Await First Plane

I Natives of Fiji Await First Plane SUVA Fiji Islands June 4 AP Natives of ot the FIJI islands awaited await awaIt- f ed tho the thrill of their lives t today today today- dayI day day- the arrival of the Southern South South- ern em rn Cross which cruised through the night at a speed of more moie than ninety miles s an hour to a each reach here before sundown The lime craft will be the first to land here Soon after the Hon lIon Henry Marks mayor of Suva announced that the four aviators manning the time Southern South South- ern era Cross would be his guests while here the local radio picked up word of the battle the monoplane mono mono- monoplane plane was making with the ele ele- ele- ele ments Just how the he natives will regard the huge plane should it reach leach Suva today was vas a matter of ot some ture The populace was apprised of the coming of ot the Southern Cross last week when trees and poles were remo e removed l from a clearing in order to permit the plane to land Arrival o of the plane will be the signal for a celebration among the 1200 white inhabitants of the Island who understand some of or the practical practical act pt-act- cal difficulties connected with the adventure