OVERDUE VESSELS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 2

OVERDUE VESSELS.

'. Sir,—lt is -repofted in your morning-issue. 6f even.date tliat.tMre is still rip news of the. overdue, barguentiiie Rio Logo, 'and ■. no doubt, considet-able ftlixis'ty exis'ts a<n<srjgst thbse.wliO; llavo frieiids. and; relati6ns'•:-..0n. ,b"6afd. •■. Now, sir, : it is - ; reported also thatthe G.S.S. .Tutanekai. has, been, laid up because thert is hqwbrkfor her to do at- present. -- "Vyhy is this bo P-To whom is such mis* .rttinae'--'J<.attrfbutaWeror;iß it.part of the

Government, retrenchment scheme,-which apV.' ; v pears ;to bo commeD'ced- at the wrong end?;/,:" No work, indeed! iTd.my .■.mind, .there i^'a,: I very urgent call for:her services when.human'•';'• '■ lives -are at- stake. ■ It was well, known the- V, :; : Pio Lose was overdue'prior to the .laying un.v : - : ofthe.lu'tariekai. .They.may say We/wiirsend-. : : : . the: Hinemoa, but anyone who is... interested:'.:' ■'■!.■ in the e'a'id'-Hinemqals'. work knows perfectly ?■;-. well; that she- has .more than she can>cope':;.; with already, and cbukl'not.be spared, for. '' the-, required 1 ; time- to. make--, a thorough .-.' search. -/■/ , .//-.>.' ■'• ■':;'. ;'■■ .-"■'. >"•¥■,■;•;'. '■: Z~' :•' /Granted ; ifc ; isr-.a-. ■ difficult-matter/ seafaring person; knows, to ; jdcate: .tfW'dis-v ■;.■ abled vessel, much more:a ;'sailing reßselj that- ; :v ; ; should:hot- deter anyone'.who is'.in the posi- - tioli. to do .so-;from making : :the-nttempt;■•' ■;: whereby .the.lives.ofrfellow human;heingsmay'r,: v ' 1)6 Then why keep this iveaseF lying ;, ■■'. idle,at. such':B'"'timo•i'Vlez-itT.-tbibo a;repealtion. of. the Haereraai land ;. Locli' : Ijo'mond -; 'i ;bUsmese; ;vii.v>ait;iiiitil, such ■--■■ time //has elapsed when thete is not ithe '.slightest pros*;'p p.ect of finding'anj-:person conhe'otc.d lvitn the , ;V vessel: alive?.v itisti: Eolne-ipre'ssure:-: 1 may {be;; brought to: bear,'and a ; littlfe i; mon'. sense .brought; 'into player' am,i6tc.,:K«: ;■'/