THOROUGH SEARCH ORDERED

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

THOROUGH SEARCH ORDERED

LARGE FLEET SCOURING THE

ATLANTIC.

(Received May 23, 9.10 a.m.)

-, LONDON, May 22. The Admiralty has ordered a thorough .search for Hawker regardless or expense. A large fleet of destroyers, tugs and trawlers are scouring an immense triangular area, with its base on the west coast of Ireland and the apex three hundred miles out in the Atlantic. All available aeroplanes are cooperating. Bad weather prevents naval motor launches participating.