SEARCH ON LAND.
POLICE ACTIVITY. AUCKLAND PLANES' TASK. NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. According to telephoned advice from Constable Powell, of Mokau, this morning, several people who were questioned said they had heard one, and possibly two, planes, flying low early yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of Mokau. The constable resumed his search along the cliff edge and the beach between Mokau and Mohakatino this morning, but without result. Visibility was good until 11 o'clock, when a violent electrical storm occurred, continuing until after noon.
Two of the three Airspeed Oxfords which left Hobsonville at six o'clock this morning to search landed at New Plymonth at eight o'clock and left again shortly afterwards to resume the search.— (Press Assn.)
A New Plymouth message says that the constable at Mokan was out this morning on an organised search, but so far nothing had been heard from him.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 233, 1 October 1940, Page 8
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145SEARCH ON LAND. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 233, 1 October 1940, Page 8
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