“Aeolus,” in Flight, May 15th, 1914, wrote:
“From a chatty letter to hand from Mr. George Payne, of Ballarat, Australia, it is evident that Harry Hawker’s trip ‘down under’ has created considerable enthusiasm among our Australian cousins. In the case of the local poet this enthusiasm has found vent in the following effort, which I think well entitled to a corner in this page:
’ARRY ’AWKER.
(After Kipling, behind scratch.)
News Items.—Mr. Harry Hawker, the young Australian airman, made several successful flights at Caulfield in the presence of 30,000 people. During one of his flights he was accompanied by a young lady.
Senator Millen, Minister of Defence, was a passenger with Mr. Hawker in a recent flight over Melbourne.
’E’s a boster! ’Arry ’Awker,
’E’s a doer, not a talker,
Wot we calls a real corker,
Tho’ not rash;