SAFE & WELL.
FLYING DOCTOR & PILOT FOUND STRANDED IN FLOODED COUNTRY. PROVISION DROPPED BY PLANE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This- Day, Noon.) BRISBANE, This Day. The Flying Doctor, Dr. G. W. Alberry and his pilot, Mr K. C. Berry, have been found 26 miles from Gregory Downs, in flooded country. Food and brandy were dropped by parachute; also a note informing the stranded men of the position of a homestead eight miles away. Dr. Alberry and Mr Berry ran to pick up the provisions, indicating that they are unhurt. A rescue parly set out from Gregory Downs by car. but owing to the floods had to abandon the car after eight miles and Ilion continued on horseback. The rescuers may reach the men today.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 6
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124SAFE & WELL. Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 6
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