TASMAN FLIGHT
Mr. Clark Hopes to Get Away To-morrow By Telegraph—Press Copyright - SYDNEY, Nov. 11. Mr E. Clark is unable to take off tomorrow, the- weather 3 beffig most unfavourable,- but -he entertains hope of leaving on Friday between 3 and 4 a.m.. He has received-consent to leave from the- Richmond Air Force aerodrome. He received a cablegram from New Zealand to-day saying that ■ his sheep are wet and shearing is therefore postponed; consequently there is not the same need to. hurry home. In the meantime, Mr Clark has offered his services for an air search for the missing ship Viking. The offer has been gratefully accepted by the Board of Control at Lord Howe Island, and the matter is now in the hands of the Minister of Defence at Canberra, whose consent is expected to-night. In that event he will fly to Lord Howe Island and back to-morrow, carefully searching. He is taking provisions and waterbags in case he should sight the crew.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 282, 12 November 1936, Page 9
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