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BOYS IN CANOES. NO NEWS FOR WEEK. AUCKLAND, Thursday. A search is being instituted for two boys, aged 17 years and 14 years respectively, who set out from Swanson on January 7, in two eleven-foot canoes, with the intention of navigating their small craft to Paeroa. Beyond the fact that they were seen at Ilobsonville on the following day, no word of their whereabout has reached their father, Mr. J. E. Luckens, of Waitakere. The two young adventurers, Jack and Fielien Luckens, intended to hoist sails in their canoes, which were fitted with portable masts, proceed down the river from Hobsonville and, hugging the coast between Waiheke Island and the mainland, sail down the Firth of Thames and into the Wai-j hou River at Paeroa, where they were to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Thorpe. They had not reached their destination last night. The canoes are built of kauri, with sheet iron casing. They bear the names Forward and Achernar on the bows. The equipment included oars and camping gear, the boys intended to spend their nights on shore. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 January 1932, Page 5
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