STILL AT LARGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22133, 29 November 1941, Page 4

STILL AT LARGE

German Escapees

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 28. No car has been reported stolen from the Petone area, but there are indications that one or more of the three German escapees from Somes Island might have got clear of the district by train, and the country for a radius of 100 miles Is being subjected to an intensive search by bands of picked men.

In the districts which do not come under the direct control of the Wellington authorities, the police and others have sent descriptions of the men and are carrying out inquiries as part of a carefully-prepared scheme. The police are not alone in their efforts. The Army authorities have thrown numbers of men into the search and are co-operating with the civil authorities in the hunt.

“We expect the public to notify the nearest police station should they see anybody answering the description of these men anywhere along the highways oi’ under suspicious circumstances,” said the Commissioner of Police (Mr D. J. Cummings) to-day, recalling that two of them are of very powerful build. He added that the best plan would be to keep the men under observation until contact was made with the authorities.