Smith, Ross Macpherson, Sir, 1919, Manuscript, PRG 18/27/2/1
Instructions regarding the despatch of telegrams and cablegrams to media bodies and the determination that a total of at least twenty messages were to be sent throughout the flight. Includes a copy of a memorandum or agreement between Sydney Darlington and Captain Ross Smith of Vickers Limited and The United Cable Service (Australiasia) outlining clauses as to the agreement to supply an exclusive account of the aviators flight from England to Port Darwin in Australia to the Cable Services for publication in Australia and New Zealand.