SEARCH FOR ITALIA

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 21 June 1928, Page 5

SEARCH FOR ITALIA

SIX NATIONS REPRESENTED. THIRTEEN EXPEDITIONS OUT. ANXIETY FOB CAPT. AMUNDSEN. .. Press Association —By Electric Telcg.sji. Copyright.; (Australian Press Association.; LONDON, Juno 20. Authentic news. from Captain Amundsen is anxiously awaiteu. tie text lionise at 4 o’clock on Monday afternoon and was dui? at King's nay ax 1 o’clock'on Tuesday morning. Tne wnoie (population waited in vain, and it. is now believed he must have attempted to Teach General' Noble’s party direct. The distance from Troraco to Foyn Island, where the Italia’s crew is marooned, is about 700 miles. The giant) seaplane piloted by Captain Guilbaud, in which Captain Amundsen is travelling and in which there is the spare .pilot. Dietricbson, carries, fuel for 2000 miles. It is therefore regarded as probable that he reached General Nobile and alighted between the ice floes to render assistance. The pubic at Pome are buoyed up bv the fact that there are ten machines within cruising distance of General Nobile, while a sledge expedition, an alpine chasseurs expedition and an icebreaker are all concentrating on I 1 oyn Island. There are now 13 expeditions, representing six nations, participating in the rescue. n . It iw persistently reported from King’s Bay that Captain Amundsen descended in open water close to General Nobile’s party, whom lie met.

DIFFICULTIES OF SEARCHING BY ’PLANE. PR EPARATI ON OF CHEMICALS. ROME, June 20. After abortive flights, Larsen, Holm and Maddelena., commander of the Citta di Milano.' have determined to study special means of l'oc.ating General Nobile. (states an official message. The imports of the airmen showed extreme difficulty in picking out men amonv the mounds of ice and broken channels, on which the sun shines, making falsified .shadows, giving the illlusion of great- visibility. Chemicals which will emit a thick smoko are being prepared. The aeroplane? will drop the chemicals where Nobile is thought to be m order that he may use them to cu.iclo the rescuers.