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ATTACK ON CAPE RECORD MR MOLLISON LOSES HIS WAY CAPETOWN, Dec. 2. Mr Mollison lost his way, and was reported at 3.30 p.m. to be over Cape \gulhas, 200 miles off his course. Mollison began his final hop from Kimberley at 11 a.m. It is revealed that he over-ran the boundary at Broken Hill and demolished a beacon. His machine was not damaged. ANXIETY IN CAPETOWN ißrlttsb Official Wireless) RUGBY, Dec. 2. At 8.30 p.m. (local time) Mollison had not arrived at Capetown A Caoetown message says great anxiety is felt there, and it is feared that tho flyers must have made a forced landing on a lonely part of the coast In the event of no further news being received search parties will set out at dawn tomorrow. MR MOLLISON SAFE CAPETOWN, Dec. 3 (Received Dec. 4, at 1 a.m.) Mr Mollison is safe and uninjured at a farm at Wiesdrift. 11 miles from Cape Agulhas
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 12
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158AVIATION Otago Daily Times, Issue 23055, 4 December 1936, Page 12
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