MORE ABOUT TASMAN AIRMEN

NZ Truth, Issue 1167, 12 April 1928, Page 8

MORE ABOUT TASMAN AIRMEN

Mother's Vivid Dream That Tallied With Medium's Amazing Theories IMMOBILE GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Wellington Representative.) The re-opening of the problem of the Tasman flight has proved that an intense interest still exists m • the public mind regarding the fate of those gallant young airmen. Comes now, amid a flood of correspondence to "Truth," a rather interesting theory and — for the first time — news of a mother's dream about her airman son.

THE tenor of the correspondence forwarded to "New Zealand Truth" is that — waiving, for the moment, the subject of the whereabouts of the missing aviators — the New Zealand Government showed appalling disinterestedness and a shocking lack of effort m its puny, almost futile, efforts to co-operate with a venture great enough to ring m New Zealand history if successful. It was unfortunate, perhaps, for the young aviators, that their courageous attempt to cross the Tasman by air was not made m election year, when there is a Government interest all its own m enterprises of that sort. However, they have flown — and failed. Failed, that is, not to cross the Tasman, but to share the glory of their achievement, for the consensus of opinion seems to be that they have undoubtedly crossed that expanse of fickle and precarious ocean. The following letter, sent to "Truth" m what seems to be a fair and impartial spirit, is published for the benefit of readers interested. It comes from a northern town, dated March 29: "I see m 'Trutih* an article on the subject of the missing airmen, Lieutenant Moncrieff and Captain Hood, and the theories from spirit phenomena. "I am not dealing with spirit phenomena, the information I am forwarding to you being from a hypnotic trance medium.

"I am not claiming that she is correct, as we cannot be right m every case, but I have found her absolutely correct m eighty cases out of a hundred.

"The medium m question is my wife and m private practice I have obtained some wonderful and valuable information.

"I don't wish you to think that I am a fortune-teller or any of that rubbish. "What is going to happen . tomorrow, for instance, we mortals cannot profess to know, but In a case like this, dealing with something that has taken place, there is obviously something left behind which a clairvoyant, m a deep, hypnotic sleep, can pick up. "It Is, I may say, merely a temporary transfer of the subconscious mind. In many oases it is very accurate.

'1 obtained this information shortly after the fliers were missing, Just really to satisfy my own curiosity and having no question of notoriety In my mind at the time.

"If the fliers were found, I wanted to check my own theories. As they did not turn up, I wrote to the Auckland 'Star' and then I let the matter drop, as the 'Star' informed me that there was no such place as Tangiriri and 1 thought the clairvoyant was wrong m this particular case. "However, I was talking to a gentleman a few days ago, a Mr. ■ , of , and he knows the country from Featherston- to well behind the White Rocks station very well. "This gentleman used to work all around that country and informed me that there is a station called Tangiriri and with the men's huts, etc., it resembled a small settlement. "A river called White River, from which, it is understood, the White Rocks station is named, was a topographical characteristic of the district. "Now, neither I nor the medium know anything of the country and I certainly did not know that there were such places as Tangiriri or White River. "After you have read the information received from the clairvoyant you will understand why I became so m

terested after what Mr. told me. "And when I saw m to-day's 'Truth' that a man is going out to look over that country or thereabouts, I thought I would pass this on to you for whatever it may be worth. You are welcome to it and I am only too pleased to help. "As I have said, she is not correct m every case^ — about 70 or 80 m a 100, but let us hope she is correct In this. "1 would like to see the place searched to test the deduction. "Here is the information almost exactly as I received it from the clairvoyant's lips. You will notice that it is abrupt, but that is understandable. " 'Stumps, fallen trees, burnt bush — been burnt some eighteen months I should say — big hill at back, green bush some distance away. " 'Kapukawa Tangirlri, dense bush all round. White Creek, very rough water falls. "'A man is looking at the water, having wandered away from somewhere nearby; fairly tall, tweed cap,

blue eyes, light brown hair; appears to be lost and is wearing a dusty grey suit and tan boots; wild animals, goats and deer.

" 'Another man lying on his back sleeping, his fingers are extra long, a slightly built man. "'I can see 'plane wheels broken underneath, landed on side at creek amongst scrub and fern, rough country, bush everywhere. " 'The search parties have not gone far enough inland; the 'plane is farther north than Featherston, more towards Gisborne.

" 'Kopokawa seems to be the name of a hill or ridge, Tangiriri but a small settlement. 'Plane is seventeen miles north from Tangiriri and two miles due north from Kopokawa. Creek runs down hill long way, very steep.' "This is all the information I coufd get at one sitting. When I pressed her for more regarding the men themselves, she cou!d only see skeletons and then darkness. "Regarding the men she spoke of, I do not take much notice of that, as they could have been anyone. But as to the locality of the plane, I believe she is right." The above letter, of course, is — after all — just another theory capable of being tested for fact by a search of the locality. There is (one. . interesting 1 feature about it, nevertheless. This is, that Lieutenant Moncrieff's mother dreamed that the 'plane landed m such

bush; that the wheels of the machine were broken and that there was too much surrounding bush to make a take-off possible. It may be that the mother of the young aviator was influenced m that dream by natural hope that they would be still safe. The personal description, including the long fingers, tallied.

A sister of Moncrieff, Mrs. Jeromson. of Brooklyn, Wellington, Informed "Truth" that she still cherished the belief that the men had landed m New Zealand and were In some remote part of the bush. She commended the venture of Leon Tickle, but considered that a definite search should be made — not only m this district but In all vast bush territory where it could have been possible for the men to come down.

The assumption was that the men had landed. If they had, they would be the first aviators to cross the Tasman and every effort should be made to clear up this doubt. She considered, that the Gov- '

ernment- should undertake to or-

ganize the. search properly. Compared with the support, interest, and national pride of other countries, New Zealand was niggardly so far as Government assistance was concerned. They would liberally assist many less worthy causes.

If those men, within a few days of their crashing m some remote bush region, wanted succor, it would have been all the same to the Government. The matter was allowed to drop almost Immediately.