SEARCH FOR ESCAPEES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 41, 28 November 1941, Page 6

SEARCH FOR ESCAPEES.

VERY WIDE AREA COVERED. POLICE AND ARMY ACTIVE. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, This Day. No car has been reported as stolen from the Petone area, but there are indications that one or more of the three German escapees from 'Somes Island may have got clear of the district by train, and the country for a radius of 100 miles is being subjected to intensive search by hands of picked men. In districts which do not come under the direet control of the Wellington authorities the police and others have been sent descriptions of the men and are carrying out inquiries as part of a carefully-prepared scheme. The police are not alone in their efforts, the Army authorities having thrown numbers of men into the search and cooperating with the civil authorities in the hunt.

“We ekpect the public to notify the nearest police station should they see anybody answering the description of these men anywhere along the highways or under suspicious circumstances,” said the Commissioner (Mr D. J. Cummings) to-day, recalling that two of them are of very powerful build. He added that the best plan would be to keep the men under observation until contact was made Avith the authorities.