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Southland Times, Issue 20664, 20 April 1929, Page 7

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Missing Flyers

STORY OF PLANE BEING HEARD ACTION BY GOVERNMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEARCH (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, April 19. Radio broadcast messages received tonight from Sydney stated that the Flora Valley Station reported having seen two black trackers, who had been on route since April 8, and that neither had seen or heard of Captain Anderson’s plane. Rumours were still being circulated of a machine being heard in that vicinity. A Wyndham message stated that the Kookooburra was last heard of 150 miles' from Alice Town.

It was announced at Sydney that the

Government was making special arrange' ments for the search.

SOUTHERN CROSS TO SEARCH.

DEPARTURE FOR WYNDHAM.

(United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, April 19. Amalgamated Wireless reports that the Southern Cross flew from Derby to-day at noon to Wyndham to commence at the earliest moment in the search for Captain Anderson and Mr Hitchcock, who are still missing. Air Force planes to-day searched for five and a-half hours in the vicinity of Alice Springs and are continuing to-mor-row. —Australian Press Association.

THE CANBERRA UNSUCCESSFUL.

FLIGHT OVER ROUGH COUNTRY.

HOPE NOT YET ABANDONED.

Sydney, April 19.

Amalgamated Wireless intercepted a message from the air liner Canberra, which for the past three days has searched the Wyndham end of Captain Anderson’s route without avail. The plane investigated a number of fires, passed over very rough country, and also over the Alice Downs Station. A landing was made at Flora Valley Station, where they are establishing a new base from which to continue the search for the missing aviator.

Flight-Lieutenant Ulin states: “We believe that Captain Anderson and Mr Hitchcock have about only two chances: First, that they landed near some outback cattle station; and second, that they were lucky enough to reach a windmill, of which there are a few scattered through the country there.”—Australian Press Association.