LOST AIRMAN
MT HAMISH ARMSTRONG. VAIN QUEST FOR BODY. HASTINGS. Jan. !•». Th® privately organised s**ar.-h pa»t for M'. Hamish Arm?* tong. the Akit*-, farmer, whose aeroplane • ra*hed ■xi>i.flving between Ihrnnev irke and Hast ings on Sunday, July -I. has abandoned its search for hi* l»odv. The sear.- > was begun on October 17, when it »4hnped that the spring rains w,.u:d have melted the -now and given tne searches an opp-»rtunitv of finding ’ body, but continue! bad vi«-.bilitv an! unfavourable weather .-onditions on th* •lopes of the Rnahines !•’'■< ’’d p:ogr®<s Act nail; th® pa •t - was aid® ’<• g • •»r II days only. It was .ompo-p.l oMes«r s . Starlev and Henrv Bail<»" at! A. Peer*, who went up !"io tn® hills from th® a k arara end as s-»o-i as ':■»* weather hrok® in Ociober. They m-t with a low hanging mist and frequent rains, which for dav« on end ol»«- !ir»*«l their vision. Time and again t.i® pa-t' spr nut. onlv to b® rebuffed with henmin and mist, and -oniPtime- for neaila fortnight thev were prevented f:-».r. making any material progress. I.v®n the arrival of summer da; s did • ,• •fem to make mm’h difference i-» thor chance*, and in th® end the\ d-'- -d »d to abandon ih'ir quest.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 8
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207LOST AIRMAN Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 8
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