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Two Young Englishmen Missing in Alps

GUIDES PESSIMISTIC AS TO PATE. United Press Association —13y Electr/J Tolcgraph.—Copyright.) GENEVA, Sept. 19. Guides are actively searching the Mont Blanc region for two young Englishmen, a son of Mr. John S. Hoy land, M.A., lecturer at tho Woodbrooke Settlement, Birmingham, and Paul Wand, a son of the Archbishop of Brisbane.

Tho party originally comprised four Oxonians. Two returned safely to headquarters, but Hoy land and W and have been missing since August 25, when camped on Mont Anvcrt, opposite tho Mer do Glace. It is believed they attempted the ascent of one of the peaks by Valferret and possibly dropped into Italy. Inquiries arc being made at Turin, but the guides are pessimistic. Wand, who is a member of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, had arranged to follow the Archbishop to Brisbane in 1935.

The deserted camp of Hoyland and Wand was discovered on August 21 at a height of GOOOft. by an officer of the United States Consulate at Munich, and a search was begun when he reported the fact at Chamonix 10 days later. Apparently Hoy land and Watul told the other Oxonians they proposed to continue in Switzerland as long as their money lasted. The guides of three countries arc now engaged in the search. Hoyland was 19, and had the reputation of being among the six best rockclimbers in England. Mr. F. S. Smythe, of Mount Everest fame, is assisting Mr. Hoyland, senr., in the search.

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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 8

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Two Young Englishmen Missing in Alps Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 8

Two Young Englishmen Missing in Alps Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 221, 21 September 1934, Page 8