FALSE ALARM RAISED
LOG LOOKED LIKE CANOE BRANCH MISTAKEN FOR BOY AEROPLANE AND BOAT SEARCH [by telegraph —own correspondent) NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday
When it was reported to the New Plymouth police that a boy had be»?n seen drifting helplessly out. to sea in a small canoe, prompt action was taken. The airport was communicated with and an aeroplane was sent out to search. A constable rushed to the harbour and in the Harbour Board's - pilot launch set out to search.
The aeroplane observer could at first discover only two fishing boats, but later saw a log floating in the sea with a branch protruding.' He concluded that this had giwn rise to the report,. so he intercepted the:specding Harbour Board launch and dropped a note advising the constable that no boy drifting in a canoe was- to be found.
The launch turned back to the harbour and the aeroplane returned to the airport. The rumour \*as so definite that even the name of the boy was given, but no boy was reported missing. The police trained binoculars on the floating log and admitted the difficulty in distinguishing it from a boy in a. drifting canoe. - v >'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22955, 5 February 1938, Page 14
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