LOST AVIATORS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1929, Page 5

LOST AVIATORS

WITHIN 10 MILES

(Australian Press Association)

(Received this day at 9.25. a.in.) SYDNEY, April 27. Latest advices from Wave Hill state

..it ground jiarty led by Lieut. Eaton, is within ten miles of the Kookaburra. The Canberra reached Bourke last night. Pilot Brain has arrived at Brisbane after a trip of four hours ten minutes, thus heating by ten minutes, the late A ll dersun ’s Svdney-llrisba lie record.

KINGS FORD SMITH,

SYDNEY, April 2?

Interviewed at Narrow Mine, Kings-lord-Smith said he flow the Southern Cross as low as fifteen feet above tlie Kookaburra. All members of the crew were quite definite it was Anderson’s body under the wing. From appearalives he had been dead for many dnvs.

Smith and Clm expressed delight that the Prime .Minister had ordered a full inquiry into the circumstances attached to the forced landing of the Southern Cross and Kookaburra.

Captain .Mat boson, in a Goal bourn Moth also arrived at Narrow Aline. He stated that had he not been marooned at Duchess he would have booh flying over the route taken bv the Quantas

plain' at least eight days its arrival at the area for the search and would probably have sighted the Kookaburra in' time to bring succour to its crew.