LOCATED BY PLANE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20571, 3 June 1941, Page 7

LOCATED BY PLANE

OVERDUE BLUFF SCOW (Per Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, this day. The scow Horouta, which, with its captain and crew of three, was overdue at the Bluff, was located yesterday afternoon at Big South Cape Island by an aeroplane from Invercargill. The scow was taking muttonbirders off the island. The weather was ideal, and Mr. A. Mclntosh, of Invercargill, decided to pilot his own plane to Mutton Bird Islands in an endeavour to locate the scow. He left at 3 p.m. and was accompanied by Mr. W. B. Dixon, captain of the schooner Britannia, who has a thorough knowledge ot Stewart Island and Mutton Bird Islands. On the outward trip a search was made of the bays on the east side of Stewart Island. At about 4 o’clock the scow was sighted in Puwai harbour at Big South Cape Island. After circling low over the mutton birders, Mr. Mclntosh began the return trip soon after 4 o’clock. The Tamatea, which left on Saturday to search for the scow under the instructions of the Marine Department, was sighted off Seal Point, near Pegasus, Steward Island. She was on her way back to the Bluff.