ELLSWORTH’S PLANE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 30 November 1935, Page 9

ELLSWORTH’S PLANE

H.M.S. DUNEDIN’S REPORT AMERICAN COMMENT WYATT EARP’S MOVEMENTS [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] NEW YORK, Nov. 28. A North American Newspaper Alliance message from the Wyatt Earp says that the Director-General of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department sent a message saying that H.MjS. Dunedin at 12.20 a.m. heard Ellsworth’s call-sign KHNIR. It is hoped this was a signal from the Polar Star as corresponds with that agreed upon for use of the emergency apparatus if necessary, but possibly the signals heard in New Zealand were from the Wyatt Earp. If the signals did come from Ellsworth they should be heard again and vigilance is being maintained by radio operators. The Wyatt Earp moved to Deception Island to-day. Mail and supplies for the British Graham Land expedition, which is based about 220 miles southwest of here, will be left in one of the snow-proof houses here. It was hoped .to be able to deliver them when the Graham Land expedition was on its way to the Ross Sea, but now the Wyatt Earp will probably return to Aragallanes and thence go direct to Charcot Island and lay depots as a matter of precaution before proceeding to the Bay of Whales, where it is hoped Ellsworth is. It will probably be mid-January before she is able to get through the pack ice at the edge of the Ross Sea. Ellsworth had supplies to last two months. PLANS FOR RELIEF WYATT EARP’S MESSAGE Received Nov. 29, 9.5 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 28. A North American Newspaper Association copyright message from aboard the Wyatt Earp says: “Another day of constant listening failed to reveal the position of Mr. Ellsworth. It can be assumed that their main wireless set is out of action, but they had a complete hand generator both for sending and receiving, and normally its signals should have been heard some time by someone in civilisation. There is no reason t,o believe that the men are in immediate difficulty of suffering hardship. It is hoped that they will be waiting at the Bay of Whales for the Wyatt Earp. Depots will be laid at points of rendezvous to which Ellsworth and Kenyon can walk from any point along the route they proposed to take on the flight from (Dundee Island to the Ross Sea."