THE MISSING FLYER.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 21 July 1930, Page 11

THE MISSING FLYER.

REPORTED FINDING OF HOOK. NATIVE ACCOUNT FROM RANGOON. (UKTEB PBSSB ASSOCIATION —BT HMBCTRIO TELEQEAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received July 21st, 18.30 a.m.) CALCUTTA, July 20. The impression gains growth that Hook may be alive. A report has been received in Rangoon that he is suffering from high fever in a village some miles from the spot where he was left by Matthews, Hook was delirious and unable to give a coherent account of his experiences except that lie frequently mentions the word tiger, It is said that the villagers, while on a fishing expedition, discovered him in an exhausted condition on the bank of a stream. He was almost naked.

NO DEFINITE NEWS OF HOOK, (Received July 20th, 5.5 p.m.) RANGOON, July 19. The latest authoritative report it that the missing aviator, Eric Hook, has not yet been found. A party is still searching along the Bali Obaung and the neighbourhood, but swollen streams are impeding movement. Unconfirmed rumours that Hook has been found, and is being looked after in a certain vil. lage, are being investigated. The Government considers it inadvisable to attach importance to such rumours. Hii flight companion, James Matthews, is still at Promo, and is progressing fav ourably. AIR MAIL SERVICE. COMPETITION WITH RAILWAY, (Received July 20th, 5,5 p.m.) CANBERRA, July 20, While investigating Government contracts and subsidies with a view to finding possible avenues towards reducing expenditure, the authorities disr covered a subsidy on the east-west air mail service of £33,000 per annum. This cannot be cut out, because the company has a contract which does pot expire till 1934. The Government finds also that the aerial service hps affected the trans-oontinentaJ railway to a very serious extent. v MISS AMY JOHNSON. GREAT WELCOME AT BOMBAY(Recelved July gOth, 5,5 p.jn.) DELm, July 19. Miss Amy Johnson was wildly welcomed at Bombay. She had breakfast at the Taj Mahal Hotel with members of the local Flying Club and a distinguished gathering. After driving through the city, she embarked amidst cheers of thousands of spectators. She will leave the Naldera in Egypt and will fly to England in an aeroplane of Imperial Airways, arriving in London on August 4th. a bank holiday, when she trill be tendered » national welcomo home.

CROSS-COUNTRY RACK. WINNER AN EX-AUSTRALIAN. (Received July 20th, 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, July 20. Captain C. W. Percival, formerly of Sydney, won the Dominions 100 miles cross-country air *aae at Hanwortb pageant. Twenty light "aeroplanes competed. Captain Percival, flying in a Hendy two-seater of his owp design, ayeraged over 128 miles per hour. Only one woman, Mrs Jones, competed, Miss Winifred Brown and Miso Diana Guest having scratched BERT HINKLER'S FLIGHT. AUSTRALIAN REPORT DENIED. (Received July 20th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 19. Mr R#rt Hinkler says that the information from Australia regarding his proposed flight to Australia! round the Continent, and back to England, i» a month, is premature, misleading, and unauthorised, Re is merely investigating the possibilities of such ft night, and has not even arranged for supplies. Breaches of cadence and flights of imagination on the part of someone only impede any flaps he might contemplate.