MISSING AIR LINER
SEARCH SO FAR lAIS
AREA FOR TO-DAY'S QUEST
OPINIONS OF EXPERTS
United Press Association—By Electric Telt. graph—Copyrijht. (Received 26th March, 10 a.m-X ; MELBOURNE, This Day. ' A reward has been offered for in* formation as to the whereabouts of the Southern Cloud.
An area extending from Bass Strait to Canberra was plotted out for search to-day, although the greater; portion has been combed already. Mr. Litchfield, Kingsford Smith' 3 Southern Cross navigator, said that the Southern Cloud might have beeii blown far out of her course during Saturday's storm. If Captain Shortridge was flying blind, he could easily in a 50-mile wind drift 50 miles in an hour.
Yesterday's search for the Southern Cloud by nearly thirt} r aeroplanes and hundreds of ground "workers proved, fruitless. Kiugsford Smith made two spectacular flights, spending ten houra in the air, under difficult conditions. Experienced pilots are still confident that the missing air liner will be found in the area including Yea, Fknverdale, Kinglake, and Glenbum districts, from 40 to 50 miles north-east of Melbourne,,
Smith saw no sign of the signals reported near Mount Kosciusko.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 13
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185MISSING AIR LINER Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 13
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