MYSTERIOUS STEAMERS
PASS WILSON'S PROMONTORY MAY BE WHALERS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, September 22. (Received September 22, at 11 a.m.) Five steamers which passed Wilson’s Promontory early on Monday morning in single line formation, travelling south-east, have mystified the navigation authorities. Although they were signalled repeatedly from the lighthouse they made no effort to reveal their identity, and disappeared in the darkness. In an official report the lighthousekeeper said: “ At 1.40 a.m. five steamers, supposed to be warships, passed, outward bound.” Since no Australian warships were in the vicinity he now believes they were whale chasers. Shipping experts, however, are baffled by the possibility of a whaling fleet being in Victorian waters. Usually such ships call only at Fremantle for stores before taking the direct course for the whaling grounds, hut no whaling ships called at Fremantle recently. Yesterday afternoon the lighthousekeeper sighted two more ships, believed to be whalers, headed for New Zealand. He could not determine their nationality.
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Evening Star, Issue 22450, 22 September 1936, Page 9
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160MYSTERIOUS STEAMERS Evening Star, Issue 22450, 22 September 1936, Page 9
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