LOST ITALIA

Wairarapa Age, 7 June 1928, Page 5

LOST ITALIA

RECEIPT OF RADIO MESSAGE REPORTED. — £. .« DESCENT IN FRANK JOSEFLAND SOVIET SEARCH United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrigh t. MOSCOW, Juno 5. It is reported from Murmansk that tho Obdorks wireless station last night picked up a message from the Italia announcing Its descent in Franz Josefland. The trawler Loutchinski, off the Murman coast, also heard calls, but was unable to pick up the actual communication owing to unfavourable atmospherics.— (Australian Press Association). (A cablegram published yesterday stated that the Russian Italian Rescue Committee, in view of the receipt of a supposed 8.0.5., had decided to send an expedition composed of ice-breakers and airships to Franz Josefland, skirting the north coast of Nova Zemibla. The committee pointed out that if the Italia landed in Franz Josefland, it would entirely accord with tho view held throughout. Tho Italia has been missing since May 25.) REPORT BELIEVED IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO SIGNALS LONDON, June 5. Tho Riga correspondent of “The Times” says that the Soviet has decided to dispatch one or two ice-break-ers to Franz Josefland to search for Nobile, and they hope to start on June 7, reaching Franz Josefland in from three to five days. They will carry air lines. Tho Soviet attaches importance to tho reported weak radio signals form Franz Josefland.—(“Time’S” Cable).