TWO MONTHS OVERDUE.
CONCERN FOR TIRRANNA. (Rec. 1 p.m.) SA’DNEY, Sept. 10. The Minister of the Navy (Mr A. G. Cameron) said to-day he had known tor about two months that the Norwegian motor-ship Tirranna was overdue on her voyage from Melbourne to Mombasa. It was feared the Tirranna had either been captured or sunk by an enemy raider in the Indian Ocean.
The Tirranna carried a crew of sixty and twelve passengers, including Lieutenant-Commander 8. Rasmussen, who married a New Zealand girl only a few months before he sailed.
Nothing lias been heard of the vessel since she left Melbourne on May 30.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 242, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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104TWO MONTHS OVERDUE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 242, 10 September 1940, Page 8
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