Fisherman Missing
AUCKLAND, Jan. 14. A fisheripan whp left Okupu Bay. Great Barrier Island, at 11 a.m. on Thursday in h 14ft. flat bottopr boat has not" yet returned to the bay and feajff a.re ejltertained for his safety He is Les Walters, aged 35, married. Mr. Walters left to pii'.k iip pjwyftsh pots. His ''boat was powered by a small outboard motor and it is feared the boat may have overturned in the heavy seas or that the motor became disabled. An unsuccessful seaT^ of the area was made by a Catalina air-sea rescue aircraft which left Hobsonville at 3.45 p.m. and returned at 6 p.m. today, The eaptuiu of the aircraftj ' Flight ' Lieutenan.t P'. J. Warnes, said the seas were extremely heavy and therp seemed little chance for a small. ffat-bottom boat to survive.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1949, Page 4
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136Fisherman Missing Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1949, Page 4
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