GERMAN ESCAPEES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1941, Page 6

GERMAN ESCAPEES

MAY HAVE GOT AWAY TO COUNTRY AREA OF HUNT EXTENDED. INFORMATION EXPECTED FROM PUBLIC. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. No car has been reported stolen from the Pctone area, but there arc indications that one or more of the three German escapees from Somes Island might have got clear of the district by train, and the country for a radius of one hundred miles is being subjected to an intensive search by bands of picked men. In districts which do not come under the direct control of the Wellington authorities, the police and others have been sent descriptions of the men and are carrying out inquiries as part of a carefully-prepared scheme. The police are not alone in their efforts. The Army authorities have thrown numbers of men into the search and are co-operating with the civil authorities in the hunt. “We expect the public to notify the nearest police station should they see anybody answering the description of these men anywhere along highways or under suspicious circumstances,”said Commissioner Cummings today. Recalling that two of the men are of very powerful build, he added that the best plan would be to keep the men under observation until contact had been made with the authorities.