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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1928, Page 2

’l’lie “Tribune” points out that all three were soldiers under military discipline, and they received precise orders from Nobile to establish contact with the outside world. The lives of the rest of the party depended on carrying this out.' When Ma.lgrenvs death occurred it was certainly the duty of Zappi and Mariano to go on while tlieir strength lasted. Zappi, in like fashion, would have had to abandon Mariano in liis turn, if he had not been imprisoned on the icefloe. The “Jouriiale Di Italia,” denounces “the inhuman campaign of vilification.”

SEARCH FOR AMUNDSEN. LONDON, July 16

The Norwegian airmen Riiser-Larsen and Holm have * returned to King s Bay with the steamer Hobby. They have searched East Greenland, but have found 110 trace of Amundsen or Guilbaud.

A BEAR’S CONTENTS. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) ROME, July 17. The “Tribune’s” correspondent narrates after the Italia crash, Nobile’s party cut up a bear which Malgrem had shot and were astonished to find in its stomach, fragments of a newspaper printed in Italian and bits of material which evidently were torn off the Italia’s envelope. MOSCOW, July 17. Rehounek, a Czech professor, rescued from the Italia, says after the gondola was detached they saw smoke, butheard no explosion. Personally lie was convinced that the members of the Alleseudri party are still alive.

FLIGHT TO PERTH. SYDNEY, July 17. Captain Kingsford Smith has announced that he is considering a flight from Sydney to Perth, prior to commencing the New Zealand flight. If the journey to Perth is undertaken, ft will be a non-stop flight of two thousand miles, and will demonstrate that the flight from America was no fluke.