OVERDUE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 24 October 1927, Page 8

OVERDUE.

SMALL MOTOR iw MISSING, AEROPLANE MADE. " Some anxiety is w y.'; ping circles in LytWtoa'H arrival of the small motor to. »* which left Kaikoura „ mjg morning with a broken Uil2? au attempt to sail Contrary winda have aim* ,T? and tho ship has »ppM«ati»C? ablo to make nwoh b»4t*. S fog on the coast has adta «.' difficulty of looatffiß the vS*"'] On Saturday, Mr 8 W& behalf of the ow Mw the aviation authorities t& S2t' aeroplane from Soekburn u&2t] to locate tho missing ship ->i\?2 nor'-we'st weather, howmr, SS sending of a 'plane hidiUß the flight was postponed untTsM yesterday morning. Ho» enr '-ft thor postponement v u yesterday morning the wyZ?' thick, with south-west *ind J Should the weather clear it u wS that the aeroplane will be ttofSS It is the intention of the tm£{ locate the Kotiti with tUuitfl 'plane, and then send a smtU t£2 to tow her in. This is indrtdfejf quicker method than tVwZS a small steamer in search, ing vessel might be Cape Campbell and Banks M 3 In the meantime, ail y*s»j||2j along the coast are asked tol2 look-out for the Kotiti and tog her position. ~!? The vessel carries a crew of fh3 eluding tho master, Captain (f Jj son, his son, 0. Anderson, a taE Captain Anderson's, and aft euS The Kotiti sailed fron\lfMJ3 Tuesday evening, an4arth»Jfi| koura on Wednesday monfijit"! discharged and loaded, and Hmk ing the tail shaft broke, fog is thought to have been cwwV| new engine settling down itiM ing the shaft out. of Kotiti had not left the wharf shaft broke, but as the wiad aM favourable, Captain Anderson tf to sail back to Lytteltom imi left at 11 a.m. on WednesaVl ever, within a few hours the tyj ed, and for the past few danwj changing frequently. The Ml| her small sail, would hate hw»li of beating up to Lyttetton.;itij wind has oeen seldom long is m rection. Sea fog added tfrtbtjti ties of the crew, und craft being sighted by paßiaf 1 mers. On Friday morning tun fishing launch spoke the Kotitfjp miles north-east of the KiwpinJ insula, where she had ed. The Kotiti said that all mi and had plenty of food find ml then drifted into the foe spin that was the last seeivoihat,^ Shipping masters between Lyttelton and W«Uhmi ing the past few days »SBSI that, while the food- and'jUgj the crew of the Kotiti >i!l Ml

any hardship. There has Itm sea to speak of. and the&ljpjß found and comfortable. ,/s{iM Anderson, sen., is a hwjjwfjS experience on the coast, cwJOH and if he should got ltWfß will sail back to to Wellington. ' The Eotiti is a smaH Ti||S tons, owned by the KfflOfJ Company Ltd., formerly a schooner, but WM SBB in /Auckland last down, and a heavy stalled. She CK>mmencedlswljß

of Lyttelton about ibre6-tt|i|u| chiefly to Kaikoura'and"A!twi|S Last night that he had trawler Pioneer to swfco™

Kotiti, and the launch the evening for the vidnlSltl koura. Mr Sutton the weather be favoiiraoje fWW ing an' aeroplane will J in search. ' 1 '■£&