MISSING IN CHINA.
DISAPPEARANCE OF RILEY. ORGANISED SEARCH ASKED. / SHANGHAI Ang. 23 A teiegram has been received in Shanghai from I'«th. asking whether an organised iSearch party could helsi to find Mr. £. Bas<l liiiey, the missing Anstra-li-ari' jota-nab'st ar.d correspondent of the Times; His father, the Archbishop of Perth. 2>r. C. O. Riley, is overcome with grief at the absence of new*. The telegram contains an offer to obtain sufficient' finance from Perth for an expedition. Genera!. Feng, .Va-hsiang'fc attitude is that Riley was witboot a Chinese pass- . port, and he decuaes to accept responsibility. In the tircamstances a search party iproald -be foredoomed to fail .'ire, bat it is possible, on the other hand, that ■ 3lr. MacAliister, a fnesd of the Archbisbojj, who has undertaken a search sfngle-banded, may obtain information in spite of tiie .odds against him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 12
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