THE SOUTHERN CROSS
NO DEFINITE INFORMATION.
WIRELESS SILENT.. • SEARCH PARTIES SET OUT. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 2, 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, April 2. No definite information has been received yet concerning the whereabouts of the crew of the Southern Cross. Apparently the transmitting portion of the wireless, or the plant, is out of order. Torrential rain has fallen in the Wyndham district during the past 24 hours. Aeroplane search parties have left for the scene of the supposed forced landing, and a launch carrying petrol provisions departed from Wyndham yesterday. FOG AND HEAVY RAIN. MR LITCHFIELD’S DIFFICULT TASK. SYDNEY, April 1. Fog and heavy rain made Air Litchfield’s task of locating Wyndham almost impossible, and the Southern Cross overflew her mark. A West Australian Airways machine left Port Headland this morning, and is expected to reach Wyndham this evening to begin a search for the Southern Cross to-morrow. Drysdale Mission Station, in the vicinity of which the giant Fokker was forced down, is not connected with the telephone or telegraph system, but Mr McWilliams may be able to improvise wireless communication.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 104, 2 April 1929, Page 7
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183THE SOUTHERN CROSS Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 104, 2 April 1929, Page 7
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