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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

DOUGLAS MAWSON SURVIVORS. by Cable—press association—copyright Received Sent. 16, 11.5 a m . BRISBANE, Sent, 16. . A report from Captain .Wilkins, who is leading a- private party in an attempt to rescue the Douglas Mawson sun i\OTs, states that he questioned the natives of Cunningham Island who said they had heard of two white women, who were now on the mainland. One of them and a white girl child were noiv living in the camp cf a man named, Bokkara. The other is W-held by a man named Majara. The natives said that the women had made an attempt to get in touch with a passing vessel last year, but their captors threatened to spear them if they made a further effort. _ Constable Green, who is now at Katherine, states that he searched the Gulf of Carpentaria for wreckage of the Douglas Mawson last year, and collected information from the natives, which included a reference to f,wo women survivors from the wreck who were then with the blacks. This information was reported to private official circles, but without further result or a real investigation. It was thought bv the people concerned to be fafse, and no action was taken. POLICE SEARCHING FOR A YOUTH.

MELBOURNE, Sent. 16. Alexander Clarence Thomas, aged 17, .for whom the police are searching in connection with the E.mvright murder, is believed do be within a radius of a hundred miles of Wodoiiga, and is believed to he travelling afeot somewhere north-east of Melbourne. The police estimate that he has covered- over 1000 miles in the last two months.

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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 9

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 16 September 1924, Page 9

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