FOR AIRMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 271, 15 November 1935, Page 7

FOR AIRMEN.

GRUELLING SEARCH.

Continued Work by R.A.F. Flyers and Others.

CAPTAIN TAYLOR'S PLANS

United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 10.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. The Federal Defence Department has received a cable from Air-Com-modore Sidney Smith, Royal Air Force officer in command of the flying boat squadron at Singapore, to the effect that Air Force 'planes will continue the search for Sir Charles Kingsford S.mithl and Mr. T. Pethybridge. The Federal Cabinet has decided to offer a reward of £500 to induce ground parties to search difficult areas, provided that the Singapore authorities consider such action will serve a useful purpose. Public contributions to supplement the fund of the Federal and New South Wales Governments for the search have now reached £200. Captain P. G. Taylor and Mr. John Stannage announced yesterday afternoon that they would leave for Singapore to-day in a Gannet aeroplane to search. It was reported yesterday that Captain Taylor had relinquished his hope of joining the search. In explaining trie altered decision, Captain Taylor and Mr. Stannage said that on learning that the main search was to be abandoned they felt it to ,be most essential that soine search should be continued without interruption. Therefore they asked the Minister of Defence, Mr. R. A. Parkhill, to apply the whole of the resources available to them to the immediate continuation of operations with machines on the spot at Singapore, which they could not reach until Monday. Subsequently the two airmen learned with intense relief that the Minister's efforts had resulted in the continuation of the search by the flyers at Singapore being accomplished without in any way affecting the funds made available to themselves. The Royal Air Force flying boats were employed again yesterday in the search, the pilots keeping a close look-out over the coast and jungle of Burma. However, hope of finding the lost flyers from the air has been almost given up. The Qantas air liner is searching a strip of the western peninsula which the Lady Southern Cross may have crossed over while proceeding to Alor Star.

FLYING BOATS RETURN.

ROYAL AIR FORCE MACHINES. British Official Wireless. (Received' l p.m.) RUGBY, November 14. The R.A.F. bombers engaged in the search have returned to Singapore, and the two flying boats in charge of search operations are expected tj return tomorrow. The search is being continued.