MYSTERY CRUISE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4408, 30 January 1930, Page 4

MYSTERY CRUISE.

MAKOKO VANISHES AGAIN.

\v> iu'H's him lift'll lifiinl til t In* auxiliary rulin' Mni'oru sinrr she lull P»tgo Pago a week ngn uslru si My bound fur Apia. On Novciii Our IS I In' vassal tlisappra ml from Auckland will* Air. F.ugenc I‘isrlirr, i-.f Auckland, his wil'r ami lour rhihtrmi, ami Mr. A. M. Walker, Mr. Fischer's sti'pson, oa hoard. The Heaver Boat ami Engine (Company, of 0. Nelson Street, slate that the I,oat was handed over to MY. Fisfor a fortnight's trial on the undertaking that he did not go beyond the 'boundaries of the Hauvaki Hu If. However, nothing was heard t,f the boat until January 7, when ‘*\v ord was received that the craft had entered the American port of Pago Pago without passports or papers of any description entitling her to negotiate foreign waters. A few days later, although the owners communicated with the American authorities and asked them to detain the boat, the Maroro left port with Apia as her avowed destination. A cablegram was then sent to the Administrator ol' Western Samoa, Air. S. S. Allen, asking him to inform the company when the Maroro reached Apia. There came the reply that there had been no appearance of the vessel.

As it is only a two day’s run from Pago Pago to Apia, the vessel should have arrived at the latter port some days ago. Unless a mtishap has oecnlrred to her, she must either be at some other island or on her way to Auckland. It is feared that if she makes for Tahiti, the fact that she is sailing under a British Hag will render it more difficult for the French aUhtprities to detain the vessel. The owners will have to work 111 rough the agency of 'the French Consul here. Air. 'Peter Smith, of the Beaver Boat Company, had intended to sail by ’the Tofua, for Apia to claim ibis property, but in view of the boat’s second disappearance, lie has decided not to go iir the meantime.''