OFF THE WAIRUNA
AN AUCKLANDER RETURNS. Ouo of tho crew of the transport that arrived at AUiiK.and on Tuesday (says the "Star"), .s a New Zealand jockey, K. Donovan, of Aucklanu, who was on the Wairuuti wnen t-he was captui\d a day ur two out trom Now Zealand by the Wolf. Mr. Doiiuvan ;was tho chief cook oil the \Vairuua, and after boinj aboard tho Wolf for some' months was transferred to me Spanish .-teamer Igotz ■Jlendi, another of the raider's victims, The Igotz M.endi was wrecked, and Donovan was ont- of the survivors who wero <«st ashore in Denmark, whence they subsequently travelled to England. Tht jtory ot th«. Wolf's escapades was publisned some time ago, when two Australian officers, Colonel Strangeman and Major Flood, arrived in Eng.anl, a:id their narratives was cabled to New Zealand. These two officers were captured on th 5 Matnnga, the earliest of the Wolf's victims, and were afterwards transferred to the Igotn Mendi, being liberated later when thoy «re 6tranded in Denmark.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 203, 16 May 1918, Page 6
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169OFF THE WAIRUNA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 203, 16 May 1918, Page 6
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