THE ITALIA

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 13 June 1928, Page 11

THE ITALIA

PESSIMISTIC REPORTS.

LATE RESCUE OPERATIONS PRIVATIONS' OF THE CREW. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 2.15 p.m. to-day. LONDON, June 12. Italian flying boats, speeding northwards to aid the. Italia, were forced down owing to lack of fuel in Holland. They later reached! Amsterdam and took off to-night for Copenhagen, but they are not expected to reach. Spii’tzbergen until Friday. There is a growing feeling, of pessimism. Captain Amundsen, says that every dav F vital. Norwegian experts express the opinion that action lias been left tii'il dangerously late. They say that large 'aeroplanes and iofrbreakerisi should have been dispatched at a much earlier date. The situation is further endangered by the sudden tarn of bad weather north of Spitzbergen. In the meantime General Nolnle wirelessed that he had abandoned 1 his intention of trekking to the Hobby and had returned to the wireless post, allowing his three companions tot pio'ceed alone. He saws that the wireless must 'soon cease as the accumulators, were runin no* down. He adds: “We are physically exhausted by the efforts to reach a no bit of rescue. The main party consists of seven sheltering in a tent rescued from the gondola, which is useless. A storm, is raging, which threatens to destroy the tent which is painted red to facilitate observation from the air. There is definitely no news as to the whereabouts or fate of tlie other two parties. It is twelve days since three left with the intention of walking to Cape North to seek aid. Similarly nothing lias been heard of the seven who were earned off in the detached derelict envelope. General Nobile wirelessed that he himself was ignoi’ant of their, fate. All, messages concern the main party alone, who have experienced the greatest hardship, during the past four days owing to the absence of means of preparing warm meals. SOVIET RES CUE””O PER ATTON S. (“Times” Cables.) $ Received 2.15 p.m. tordav. LONDON, June 12. The Riga correspondent of “The Times” states: The Government lias | requested the iSoviet to continue relief efforts, for which ithe world’s most' powerful ice-breaker the Krassin, has been ordered to King’s Bay, starting oil June 13. The ice-breaker Malygin, is leaving Archangel to-night, equipped with several months’ provisions, clothing arms, short wave .apparatus, a seaplane in ’charge of the Pilot lOhukhnovskv and receiving wireless instructions on route.