Oshawa Daily Times, 7 Sep 1927, p. 9

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STEAMER REPORTS PORTS SEEING REDFERN a of Land gad: Orleans Ben. £hg Nor g here late today, reported hthat it had sighted Paul Redfern land his aeroplane, Port of Bruns- Wick, on Aug. 26, when he was 'Within 165 miles of the South Am- nN coast, ¥ Redfern cireled about the ship some time, it as reported, and 3 five notes, three of which s#ought directions, _ it Heading 1ur Venezuela, I. He was last seen, officers sald. H ing In the direction. of the JWenesuelan mainland, 165 miles 'Away, Between him and the main- 'land was a group of islands, but 100 miles from the point where he | was sighted by the ship. Officers expressed the opinion that Redfern has either reached the mainland or has landed on one of the islands between the ship and the continent, " The ship was proceeding from Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Kingston, Jamaica, when the plane was sighted, At the time the plane was sizht- ed, the ship was in latitude 13.7 north. and longitude 60.37 west. Within Hailing Distance, The plane descended to within hailing distance of the deck and circled back over the ship, drop- ping a note enclosed in a found pasteboard box. The note read: 'Please point ship toward the nearest land." Ap- narently he was not satisfied that the ship's officers had understood the note, they sald, 1 He dropped a second note before his request could be complied with. A boat had been lowered and the first note recovered before the see- ond landed in the water, The second landed in the water THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. WENNESTAY. SEFTEMEER' 7. 1927 near the boat, and W. T. Notweet, fireman in the Christian = Krong, leaped overboard and procured it. The second note read: "Point ship toward nearest land and wave one time for each 100 miles distance." A third note picked up by the boat was similar to the others and was signed: "Redfern. Thanks, Group of Islands, The ship turned her bow toward the west, where 100 miles away lay the group of islands of which the Cayo Grande and El Rogue are the largest. These islands are 65 miles west of Venezuela. In addition to waving a flag to indicate the distance to nearest land, the ship sounded two blasts on its whistle. The aviator eircled about the ship several times before turning his nose toward the west, officers said. The weather was flying, they reported. splendid for TORONTO SCOTTISH TEAM EARNS DRAW WITH GUELPH Guelph, Sept. 6.--Toronto Seot- tish- and Taylor-Forbes battled through 90 minutes of exelting soe- cer to a draw in a Provincial League game. Play was keen and interesting, with each goal having very narrow escapes in both halves. Brown, the visiting centre half, gave one of the best displays seen here this season. Connacher and Anderson were also in excellent form for Scottish. Hill, Dunlop, Morel and the Kerr brothers star- red for the locals, Toronto Scottish--Halliwell, Me- Donald, Muir," MecCrone, Brown, Connancher, Anderson, Fidley, Bur- nen, Condie and Mcintyre. Taylor-Forbes--Hill, Dumlop, G. Kerr, Scott, Moreland, McKee, Hal- iwell, Mooney, (Welland W. Kehr and Lee. MENNONITE FAMILIES BUY GO0-ACRE TRACT IN WEST Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 3.--Nego- tiations for the sale of 6,000 acres of land in the Madison distriet, Saskatchewan," 160 miles south- west of Saskatoon were opened re- cently by R. C. Duncan, assistant manager of the Canada Coloniza- tion Association, subsidiary of the department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The purchasers are 20 Mennonite families, all of whom are now in Canada but living in various widely scattered districts, Directors of the company owning the land are ex- pected to arrive in the West short- ly to close the deal. Mr. Duncan practically arranged the sale while in Ottawa. 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