LOST IN ALPS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 251, 20 September 1934, Page 7

LOST IN ALPS

TWO OXFORD STUDENTS.

THREE WEEKS MISSING.

EFFORTS FOR RECOVERY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received September 20, 8.5 a.m. GENEVA, Sept. 19. Guides are actively searching the Mont Blanc region for two young Englishmen, Mr Hoyland, son of Mr John S. Hoyland, the noted religious missionary and author, and Mr Paul Wand, son of the Archbishop of Brisbane. The party originally consisted of four Oxonians, but only two returned safely to headquarters. Mr Hoyland and Mr Wand have been missing since August 25, when they camped on Mont Anvert opposite the Merdeglace. It is believed they attempted the ascent of one of the peaks by Valferret and possibly made their way down on the Italian side. Inquiries are being made at Turin, but the guides at Chamonix are pessimistic. Mr Wand, who is a member of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, arranged to follow his father, the Archbishop, to Brisbane in 1935. The deserted camp of Messrs Hoyland and Wand was discovered on August 21 at a height of 6000 feet by an officer of the United States Consulate at Munich, and a search was begun when he reported the fact at Chamonix ten days later. Apparently Messrs Hoyland and Wand told the other Oxonians they proposed to continue in Switzerland as long as their money lasted. Guides from three countries are now engaged in the search. Mr Hoyland, who is 19, had a reputation of being among the six best rock climbers in England. Mr F. S. Smythe, of Mount Everest fame, is assisting Mr Hoyland, senr., in the search.