ARCTIC FLIERS.
LIFE AT GREEN HARBOUR. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received 2 p.m. to-day. GREEN HARBOUR, April 23. •Capt. Wilkins and Lieut. Eilson are living at the wireless station _ here. Capt. Wilkins is dressed in reindeer trousers and sealskin boots. He says that he feels very comfortable and smiles all day long, even when awakened at five o’clock in the morning to answer offers from newspapers. Telegrams continue to pour in. Lieut. Eilson spends most of his time smoking and reading. He says he never felt better in his life and disports himself in waterproof trousers of ciled silk. Capt. Wilkins says that he intends to return to New York via Oslo in May and will pass through London en route.
Received 1.45 p.m. to-day. OSLO, April 23. A message from Green Harbour staffs that Captain. Wil’Mns is taking the first boat to Norway after the doe has broken np.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 April 1928, Page 9
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154ARCTIC FLIERS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 April 1928, Page 9
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