The Search for Hinkler

Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7062, 23 January 1933, Page 7

The Search for Hinkler

CONTINUED THEIR QUEST ON FOOT. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LAUSANNE, Jan. 20 Captain Hope and his companion Heanly, who were missing from Thursday morning while on their search for Squadron-Leader Hinkler, have been found. They had landed near a village in the Simplon Valley yesterday and had since continued their search on foot. A Possible Trace of Hinkler WEATHER HOLDS UP OPERATIONS LAUSANNE, Jan. 20. After landing, Captain Hope and Heanly proceeded on foot in the direction of the Diablorets, where they believed that they saw a trace of Hinkler. A later message says that Hope has abandoned the search for Hinkler, owing to adverse weather Will Continue Ground Search Received Sunday, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 22. Captain Hope has telegraphed his committee that he is continuing the ground search for Hinkler, but requires tko assistance of two Englishmen. May Have Hit Mountain Received Sunday 10.30 p.m. GENEVA, Jan. 21. Captain Hope’s ground search at Valais for Bert Hinkler did not confirm the aerial suspicion that he saw the outlino of an aeroplane. Tho noted Swiss airman Mittelholzer is of tho opinion that Hinkler was bewildered by tho mountain fog, with which he was unacquainted. He probably struck an ice barrier. If so the recent snow renders further scarcn at present useless. Lady Bailey’s Rescue INFLUENZA A GREAT HANDICAP TO FLYING. PARIS, Jan. 20. The journal Midi interviewed one of Lady Bailey’s rescuers, who said she was very pale and was worn out by the effort of flying when sho wa3 not too well. Sho was only able to crawl out of the cockpit with great difficulty. She had eaten practically nothing since she landed.