NXIETY RELIEVED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1824, 9 August 1913, Page 5

NXIETY RELIEVED.

HELP FOR THE MACQUARIES. TUTANEKAI SAILING. RACHEL COHEN'S PERILOUS TRIP,. BjlWwtadli-Fwii AMooiatlon-Oomiehl Sydney, August 8/ , Notts that tho ketch Rachcl Cohen had ■ rcachod Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, relieved tlio anxiety. As the repairs to tho vossol necessitated by tho storms will toko a fortnight to complete, and the urgency of tho position of thto men, at tho Macquario Islands is great, tho Maweon Expedition Committoo is endeavouring to limko othor arrangements to dis- ( patch tho necessary food and supplies ta tho Island. TUTANEKAI TO SAIL'. Tho offer of tho Government to Bend tho Tutanekai down to tho Macquario Islandß with etorea for members of tho Mawson Expedition has beon, gratefully ' . accepted by Professor David (of Sydney), i administrator cf tho expedition. j • On Thursday, nr. v;as reported, in Tin: Dominion yesterday, Mr. Conrad C. j Eitel, secretary of tho Mawson Expedi-'' tion, tolejraphed from Sydney to tho i Hon. W. F. Massoy (Prime Minister) asi follows:—"Rachel Cohen, bound for.Mac-; quario Islands with stores, blown by ! storms to Stewart Island. Moanwhilo 1 ■ Mawson Expedition nnd. Hatch's oil- 1 makers almost starving. Could Hiuemoa take stores from Rachcl Cohen to Macqunrics?" Tho Prime Minister replied: "Hinemott' unsnitahlj?. Government oablo steamer Tutanekai expected Wellington to-morrow, i Will take poilio days remove cablo equipment and prepaid lier for trip. Tuesday or Wednesday at least beforo available. Would that bo too late?" (Signed) W. F,i Massey, Primp Minister." ! Last night tho Prime Minister rooeived ' tho following reply from Mr. [Eitol:— ; "Professor David, administrator ofexpodi-' tion, extremely gratified at your'nrompt.'l generous response in emergency. Tuesday'! or Wednesday next quito suitable. Am ai'ranging for transhipment stores from schooner Rachel' Cohen, also 20 live sheep' and fruit at Bluff for islanders." I Tho Tutanekai is expected to arrive at Wellington to-day. It is not yet definitely j known how Ion? it will, take to get he'rl.ready for the island trip, but every effort, will be m ado to get her away as promptly' as possible.. STORM-TOSSED SCHOONER. - CANNOT REFIT FOR A FORTNIGHT?, IDy Merraph—Press Association.) I nvcrcargill, August 8. , Tho schoonor Rachel Cohen, which! sailed from Hobart for tho Mocquarieaj with stores for" Dr. Mawson's party andj Mr. Hatch's oil-gatherers on that island,, is still at Half-Moon Bay. Tho report that) eho had' sailed was based on incorrect in-i formation., Mr. Joseph Hatch, lessco of! the Macquaries, who was on board, aiv rived at tho Bluff to-day from Stowaro Island, bringing with him tho schooner's, eails, which had been badly damaged. Hoi says that tho Behooner had a very tad trip, nnd put into Half-Moon Bay prac-i tically in distress. She got within twenty, miles of the Macquarics, but in a subsequent galo drifted 300 miles. Snow, and; hail ehowors fell frequently, and, at on<r time, the deck was from six to nino inches; deep with ice.' Mr. Hatch anticipated that it will bo fully a fortnight before' the Rachol Oohcn will bo ready to sail, and ho suggests that tho stores bo taken down by a Government steamer.' For this' ho is willing to pay part cost. Ho states! that tho orew beha-red admirably under trying conditions, and that tho schooner had no option but, bo put back into Half' Moon Bay for repairs. , .

FOOD RESOURCES IN THE ISLANDS. (By Telegraph.—Hnecial Correspondent.) | Invercarflill, August 8. The Rachol Colion is a echoonor of 159 tons, brigantine rigged, and oarrios a captain, mato, bosun, and five . A.B.'s, which'is ono over'her ordinary' complement. 'Mr. Hatoh, interviewed, said tliatr he never expoctei to start on tho voyajra. without engines, but tlio engines which' had been ordered were lato in arriving at Melbourne, and tho sohoonor had to| proceed without them. At this season of; the year, ho said, a voyage to tho Mac-| qua,ties should really not bo undertaken.■ without engine-power. "" | In reply to n question whi&n manyl peoplo <iro asking, Mr. Hatch said that what might bo ca!led ; the_ "Native food" on the Mamillaries oonsistod of eggs (whioh are not vet in iscason), ponguins, rabbits (which hod been greatly re; duccd by wild oats), mutton birds, Maori 1 ! hens, and sea elephants' hearts and' tongues. Tho sea elephants' tonguos uro blacky but if one did not look at them| they oould eat thorn just as well as oxtongues. There was also a olasj. of bluocod to be caught off the rocks in consider* able numbers. He had no doubt thaw tho ordinary stores of food, aixd tobacco would bo exhausted'by this titna