STANTON, THE MISSING

Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1931, Page 5

STANTON, THE MISSING

FITTEST OF THE PARTY. Speaking of Stanton who alone ns missing, the girls said he was the fittest member of the party, In fact he used to walk ahead so fast that it was hard to catch up with him. The highest praise for the pluck shown, by the girls all through the ordenl is made by Graham, who when Stanton and Addis went ahead, stayed behind to look after the girls. AVhen we saw a plane fly over this morning it gave us new heart, said Graham. “Miss Alorris and I left the little bivouac early to go in search of help. AA 7 e signalled frantically to the plane. After we had walked about an hour we saw the smoke of a bush man’s,fire and followed the trail as fast ns we could. AVe tied a handkerchief to a tree and with directions we gave them, the bushmen had no trouble in finding the others. The girls were wonderfully plucky, especially Afiss Morris. On the first night she got a bad kick on the, head, when she fell down a hole with two others on top of Her. She was dazed for a time but tramped gamely on. She was one of the fittest in the end.” It was a relief to the party to see fine weather this morning. Every other morning it was too misty for them to see where they were making for. It turned out they had gone hopelessly astray.” i i STANTON STILL MISSING. THE CHATEAU. September. 2. There ar;e no definite news of Stanton yet. At 8.30 a.m a i telephone message was received at the Chateau from ..Pokaka stating that they thought he was at the bottom of a cliff, and asking for ropes. These were immediately despatched.