ELLSWORTH STILL SILENT.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 November 1935, Page 5

ELLSWORTH STILL SILENT.

PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR SEARCH. (By Telegraph-Press Assn .--Copyright) Received Wednesday, 7 pan. NEW YORK, Nov. 2G. The North American Newspaper Alliance correspondent at Dundee Island says: Still nothing lias been heard from Ellsworth, and since to-day saw excellent Hying weather, during winch the aviators would undoubtedly have returned to the base here if possible, the Wyatt Earp is preparing to proceed to Deception Island as a much more convenient point to start searching aperations. As Ellsworth was at least IOUU miles from here when the last radio contact was made, there was little hope he would return.

if within a day or two there is still no word from the Xkdar Star, expedition members will start carrying out written instructions left by Ellsworth, which cull for laying depots at Charcot Island, Mount Mubello fciidley and Mount Crace •McKinley, in the event of difficulty, Ellsworth and Kenyon would make for the nearest of the three points.

No Reason to Worry, Says Byrd

ELLSWORTH MAY BE AT OR NEAR LITTLE AMERICA

Eeceived Wednesday, 7 p.m. CHICAGO, Nov. 26,

In an interview, Rear-Admiral Byrd to-day declared he saw no reason to worry over Ellsworth’s situation. “It seems a reasonable conclusion,” he said, ‘ ‘ that Ellsworth is either at or near Little America, and their emergency radio set may have gone out of range. His pilot had a great deal of experience and I cannot visualise a good reason why he could not pick out a good landing place from a high altitude, even if ho was compelled to make a forced landing.

“If Ellsworth is at or near Little America, he will not want for food, because there are hundreds of seals and penguins anywhere he may be along the shore line. I cached ten drums of gasoline at Little America for him.”

RADIO SIGNALS HEARD TO-DAY.

WATCH SIJILL BEING KEPT.

WELLINGTON, This Day.

The Director General of the Post and Telegraph Department, Mr. G. McNamara, advises that the H.M.S. Dunedin in Picton Harbour reports having heard radio signals from the Ellsworth expedition aeroplane at 12.20 this morning.

The signals were very weak and unreadable, but the ■call sign KHNIR was heard several times. The plane appeared to be giving its position figures.

A continuous watch is still being maintained by New Zealand land stations.