TWO BOYS MISSING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21543, 15 January 1932, Page 8

TWO BOYS MISSING

NO WORD FOR A WEEK COASTAL VOYAGE IN CANOES. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 14. A search is being instituted for two boys, aged 17 years and 14 years respectively, who set out from Swanson on January 7 in two 11-foot canoes, with tlie intention of navigating their small craft to Paeroa. Beyond the fact that they were seen at Hobsonville on the following day, no word of their whereabouts has reached their father, Mr J. E. Luckens, of Waitakere. The two young adventurers. Jack and Fielden Luckens, intended to hoist sail in their canoes, which were fitted with portable masts, proceed down the river from Hobsonville, and, hugging the coast between Waiheke Island and the mainland, sail down the Firth of Thames, and into the Waihou River to Paeroa, where they were to visit their grandmother, Mrs Thorpe. They had not reached their destination to-night. The canoes are built of kauri, with a sheet-iron easing. They bear the names “ Forward ” and “ Achernar ” on the bows. The equipment included oars and camping gear, as the boys intended to spend their nights on shore.