Exploration By Air.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1921, Page 3

Exploration By Air.

OVER LANDER’S NEW ADVENTURE. SYDNEY. Oct. I. •Mr Erancis Lillies whose travels ii remote pails by bicycle and motor eai and oil tool, have endowed him with an almost unrivalled knowledge, of will! Australia, has allowed himself ver.\ little rest trom the grievous injuries that he received in a petrol explosio) in his motor ear in the Ear North, before umb»iTakiii«x a n even more hazard oils project. Mr Dirties had received u commission from the Commonwealth t< report, upon the resource's and phvsiea features of certain little-known areas through which the 'North-South Trails Continental railway may pass, ami wn> upon that work when he nearl\ met his doom. 'Phi* motor ear and at

ms | m»| fill itmi tus were dcst n»yt*d. Hut now hi* Inis resumed tin* task, anil is tucklinjr tin* route I'runi tho southern end hv air. Kiom Adelaide, the aerial exploring party which he is leading will strike north of Oodnndntta. It is intended to follow a ziz-zan course t«» Alice &prin«£s, ami explore tlu* country from the air. A sharp look-out will hi* kept lor pastoral and mineral areas, and an aerial survey will he made of tlu* best route for the proposed North-Smith railway. A flight will he taken over | In* mysterious |,ake Kyio, with tlu* object, ut nscortsiinilll4' the depth of tin* witter. The hell oT heavy sandhills will he inspected in an endeavour 10 tine! an easy track tor the railway, by which means a pleat savinp may he effected. The silent vallrvs and potpes ot kite .MarDiinnell Himpes will lie searched lor easy prudients and deep wateilmles . I’liotopraplis and cinema views will he taken on the trip, and air currents will lie < hinted as far as possible. Tin* llipht. is expected to occupy live weeks, and nianv thousands of miles will he eover-