RECOVERY MAY TAKE A WEEK.
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WELLINGTON, Dec. 5. Two parties will be despatched in the morning to bcgin the difficult task of the recovery of the bodies, stated the search and rescue organisation branch of the Air. Department tonight. The first party, eonsisting .of three inen aild packhorses,' will leave with supplies at 2 a.m. The second 'party ,. eonsisting .of police, experiienced tratnping clnb members and Air Foree personnel, | will leave the base camp on the first stage of the difficult journey, at 5 a.m. Because of the extremely, fugged and 'm'accessible riatufe of the cbuhtry, it is feared that possibly a week may elapse before the operation is completed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1948, Page 3
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