THE CLAN MACPHERSON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 659, 9 November 1909, Page 4

THE CLAN MACPHERSON.

■ V.:; ;r' '■■■< jji'H*. lU3RMAPECS SEARCHED IN VAIN. ' • (By Telegraph,-Spccial Correspondent.! : ', Auckland, Novemfo^S. H.M.S.. | I , romethous ) . which arrived i'rom" ths . south* on Saturday morning, received: a- wiro- 1 ... less giessago on Friday niglit from Challenger that-the latter vessel had wad* an unsuccessful search at the Kcnnadecs- for ■ •the- missing ship Clan Macphefson.'' A fur» o* ;; tlier, meksage vrds also •received • from the Chat- > ■■■■■ longer: on Saturday to thb effect that,she was expected to reach Auckland about nooivto-day. ,f.; The message added that bad weather had beett v ,;,'i 'met with during the search. ' : r! ■ Much anxiety has been entertained for" som# time past for the safety of the* Clan Macphcr- . ■ son—a fine : British ship- of ICBO ..tons.-: ; Sailing , from ■ NeWcastlo ■on Juno 21 last, the vessel,';-. 1 : in the ordinary "course of events, should .have:' ; put in,: an appearanco at her destination a> v couple of months ago, Kho was first dealt with on the "overduo market" in:londoli; itr tlia, 1 middle of .-September, at which sho-svas' ..• "6 days out. When she Was 85 days! out, the rato of reinsurance, stood- at- about'so. guineas 1 per cent. 'The passage which tho Clan Mac. phersoh is taking: so 'long to accomplish has, 'under favourable, conditions, been completed by • certain other vessels; iu about ■30 days, ; but the Clan Macpherson is • now 135 dayi : • out, and . has not- been reportedil since sh# " left Newcastle, '