UNCANNY INSTINCT

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 122, 28 May 1929, Page 9

UNCANNY INSTINCT

BRAIN'S.GIFT IN QUEST i THE TALK OF AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, 27th May. The one topic of conversation in Australia to-day is the discovery of the missing aviators and Pilot Brain's uncanny instinct of knowing juat where to look when engaged in missions such as these. Pilot Brain expressed the opinion last week, when in Sydney, that he was confident that Moir and Owen, had crossed the Timor Sea, and wer» marooned on some remote spot of the Australian coast. A fund is now being raised to enabl* the public to express their pride and gratitude to Pilot Brain. Advice has been received that the lighthouse steamer Kyogle has already arrived at Cape Don, and Moir and Owen were due to leave on board her for Darwin at noon to-day. The Kyogle has sent a radio messaga stating that Owen is suffering from in« ternal injuries. The aeroplane i* wrecked, but the engine will be salvaged.

RELATIVES RELIEVED.

Alis. Moir and her daughter, interviewed to-day, declared: ""We are th» happest family in the world now that Jim has been found alive and well We had a feeling that both he and Owen were safe, and never lost our faith in the efforts of the gallant men who went to search for them."

Ivaval officers who visited the lighthouse at Cape Don agree that the climate there is of the worst, and th« place is pestered by all kinds of insects. The families grow all their own; vegetables, but lead extremely lonelr lives. '■

RADIO FOR LIGHTHOUSES.

Commenting upon the desirability o£ equipping lighthouses with wireless, Customs officers say the cost is prohibitive, as the light-house-kepeers do not possess th« requisite tecehnieal knowledge t<» keep them in order, and it would r«quire trained men at each of the sixty,? three main lights, aggregating £30,0W a year for salaries.