THE SEARCH FOR HAWKER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 23 May 1919, Page 5

THE SEARCH FOR HAWKER.

MR HUGHES HOPES TO FLY TO

AUSTRALIA

NEW ENTRANTS FOR TRANS-

ATLANTIC FLIGHT

BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

(Times.)

LONDON, May 21. Nine of the swiftest destroyers have joined in the search for Hawker.

(Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) Pickles, interviewed, states thaij, his wife persuaded him to abandon the Atlantic flight in the interests of his infant son, owing to the Hawker disaster.

Mr Hughes, after consultation with the Air Board, has decided to omit Alexandria as a forced landing place on his flight to Australia.

ST. JOHN'S, May 13. Captains Bennett and Alicott, new entrants for the trans-Atlantic flight, have arrived, and are- seeking .sites for their Bolton Paul Vimy machines. They expect to attempt the trip in June, if the weather continues unfavorable.