MYSTERY OF THE SEA
A CALL FOR HELP. ‘ APPARENTLY DISTRESSED SHIP. (United Press Association.! By Electric Telegraph—Copyright j 'SYDNEY, May 3. A sea mystery lies behind messages received in Sydney from the Townsville radio station. Apparently some unknown vessel is, in distress in Japanese or North Pacific waters, but no station has been able to pick up the call letter giving the ship's name. Yesterday Townsville heard the- S.O.S. radioed three times, followed by the word’ “ distress.” Although all Japanese * and Malay coastal radio stations were audible, nothing was heard of any distress traffic being worked by these stations.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20708, 4 May 1929, Page 13
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