LITTLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 85, 11 April 1929, Page 9

LITTLE NEWS.

REPORT DISCOUNTED.

Airmen's Fate Still Profound Mysterv.

LAND PARTIES SET OUT. f A-.s"aliars and N 7.. rr*-s Association.) IR. iv. 'l 1 1 r.CI n | S \ DNt\ , this clav. I'-'ci'ihi v > -earr-h t<■ i" t hp Southern Cro-s was ;icr:i:ll negative. It appears' th<r t!: i ■ !">•! '"l'l cil iiii'lmcr of the mono-! plant.' on Tin- c-. a? t M-.uth of Drysdale I wai ur.firinded. Even the pilot whc ! brought the mes-nee doubted the reliability i f the rfpnrt. F"ur bier land parties are searching', th° 'i i'i-iin*ry between Drysdale and Tort T'nfil the motor s-hij. Koolinda arrives at Derby to-night, there are only eight ca ; cs of potr..l there. A 1 a *■ze number of tiros were seen b v | Captain Ifolden from the '[ lane Canbena i yesterday. These are stati c! to be owing I to a war between the coastal and inland; natives. | The Goulburn M"th has arrived at! Lonjr.'eai'h. Earlier di-patrhes from Western Aus- > tralia stated that. Captain Les Holden in J thp air liner ( yesterday searched j westward from Wyndham to- Admiralty ! Gulf. He investigated -ome tires, but saw no sign of anything but smoke. At a late hour last night nothing! further had been heard from the searchers. As there are seven aeroplanes now engaged in the search, official opinion is that additional machines will be of little use, and rhat eiforts should be concentrated on ground searches. NATIVES FRIENDLY. Land Party May Travel Three Or Four Miles A Day. BROADCAST ITEMS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Among the messages broadcasted from Australia concerning the search for the airmen, the following items from Broome were intercepted in Wellington: — Father Thomas, who left Sydney before the Southern Cross, said that in the event of the Southern Cross crewmaking a forced landing there was no fear of the natives interfering with the crew. '"The blacks walk many miles to the mission," he said, "and we never have *ny trouble with them as they are peaceful. "It is not expected that the 250 natives and the few whites sent out can travel more than - three to four miles per day. It would be almost impossible to use horses in that country." A Sydney message stated that the Teecue fund there is now £5425 17/2. The Citizens' Committee's objective is JE50,000, as it took the responsibility of commissioning the Canberra.