Part 1: From Sea to Air—a Journey of 30 Years
The New Zealand newspaper, NZ Truth, Issue 1040, October 31, 1925: “A MAN in his time plays many parts” said the poet. Such a one is Ronald Alexander Lidstone now at Auckland. Young in appearance, there’s many a man would give something to have seen what he has, or travelled as much. His pie of life is full of meat. Trained for mercantile marine at Osbourne and Dartmouth he became a Lieutenant in the Navy in the Big War, and was on the Marlborough in the Battle of Jutland. Later he went to “Gay Paree,” and followed the alluring profession of the light fantastic. Incidentally he polished up his knowledge of the fencing art. A master of the foil, sabre, single stick and quarterstaff, he can hold his own with any…