ENGINE TROUBLE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 300, 3 December 1936, Page 5

ENGINE TROUBLE

Mollison Delay At Kimberley. Press Association—Copyright. • London, Dec. 1. Mr. J. A. Molllson, who is flying from England to the Cape and back, arrived at Kimberley at 9.05 a.m. (Greenwich mean time) to-day. Engine trouble is delaying the resumption of the flight. Bad weather previously delayed Mr. Molllson in his start from Broken Hill. He has till 4 p.m. to-day to break Amy Mollison’s record.

Grave Fears For Safety Of Flier.

, Prfesa Association —Copyright. Received 1 p.m. To-day. London, Dec. 2. . ■■ At 8.30 p.m., local time, Mollison . had still not arrived at Cape Town. t g. - A Cape Town message says - .that great anxiety is felt there, and it is feared that the fliers must have made a forced landing on a lonely part of the coast. "In the event of no further news being received, search parties will set out at dawn to-morrow. ■'* A message from Cape Town received this morning says that Mollison has lost his way; He was reported at 3.30 p.m. to be over Cape Agulhas, some 200 miles off his course. He began, the final hop from Kimberley at 11 a.m., and it is revealed that he overran the boundary at Broken Hill, where he demolished the beacon though his machine was undamaged. >? i: ■' ■