FOR MISSING FLYERS.
WILKINS BTABTB BEABCH. (Received 2 p.m.) MONTREAL, August 23. A message from Barrow, Alaska, states that Sir Hubert Wilkins and his party took off from Coppermine Kiver for Alkjavik. to search for the missing Russian airmen. They have petrol sufficient for 4000 miles of flying. Mr. James Mattern and two other pilots are weatherbound at Barrow. A later message states that Sir Hubert Wilkins reported firing over the Pole. FLYING DUCHESS. ESTATE OF £355,779 LETT. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 23. The Duchess of Bedford, who was lost in the North Sea during a flight in March, left estate valued at £353.779. | According to a British official wireless message the Duchess bequeathed £3000 and her aeroplane to her private pilot, and £.*>ooo to the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 200, 24 August 1937, Page 7
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