THE CROZETS AND TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 34, 31 May 1876, Page 2

THE CROZETS AND TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.

The following letter in the I " Sydney Morning Herald " ovei* the signature " Dayjd Berrie ": ~.„%> I S ; r,— The !: ;Pvre?fk of the Stratmnore brings before thos&JJiat think of these matters Wliicli all risk who j make the voyage tftit to these Colonies. There are three groups of islands in the track of vesselsflpom England to Australia which are a 'terror to the sailor, yet which it is of the utmd'st*iniportance to be sighted; they are Tristan d'Acunha, the Crozets, and St. Paul's. Each has been the scene of shipwreck and prolonged suf- ;J fering. The first vessel being wrecked on Tristan crew and passengers were nine'YrrCTMp;Onj the island, living on shellfish, 'seaweed/ and anything they could procure of the natural produce of the island. It is only a few years since one of her Majesty's ships, with troops from India, was wrecked on Amsterdam, one of the St. Paul group, and remained four months ; and although a great quantity of stores were saved, j ? et they suffered great hardships before they were relieved. The case of the wreck of the Strathmore, with its horrors, is too recent for comment.

What 'I propose is that the Colonies ■ should light them up. Let New South B Wales and Queensland light up St.^P aid's; H let NeAV Zealand, which has acquired such fl a melancholy interest in the Crozets, join K Tasmania • m lighting them up ; and let fl Victoria umjtje with South Australia and || the Government j>i India in lighting m Tristan d'Acnnha'.'" By this means the m burden would be divided among those interested. The light-keepers would require to be three*'a© each station, to be imperative to people, to serve . three years, and stores under the ir ■ charge sufficient to sustain the crew and ■ passengers of an JH&iigrant ship, if wrecke <f™ upon them, for a month. Arrangements could be made to call with supplies once a month, so that a period of suffering li ke that of the crew of the Strathmore could. ; not take place. The loss by. the Stratlt,- j more would have maiKtahiecU a c %*%Kl/i the Crozets ssrr nian-gjfc* £L *» pffice, TygjjJaW ■M>' them thiß»HߧH|

H IV 'ivthiu.u' <'i ; the siillVriru,'* "f the '.'.;.W ami partSelUjers. A dialing st,ti- ','',„, 'miu'lif' '"• , established at Clit; I•',.',, Z rM. "as •'•'l'-'y im ' '" tlu; * mvr ' ,: ' r * : k ~, .}, ~f steamers from the Cape to AimJ'.;|| n (< 'j|.C.».l<-, sheep, H-Ild pt,H* Woltbt ,'„.;■(.,, he introduced at St.. and i',. (Yozets.. muL ft.-* they are destitute of it will Fit; iit«'.w;iry to introduce r ,,,, 5 . There was a company of artillery ... ,ti,,n.<t '"i ""*- nt ' tllt: islands of Tristan |"i' \nmh.i. duriu- the captivity of Nap<->- | ( . llMi lnil-. withdrawn at his death, so that ,';,rrr arc prohably animals on it, and as* it i<",.,U,uf. tilt! Milium latitude as thi.-t. they hhi'ilil r<->|uire n<> earn. TTu-> same may be M i,[ ~f St.. Paul's : but sto«.;k in theCrowts would require to be provided.. As the of Tristall d'AcUllha foldd SUStam population, I think that it would I"' wull tn unionist' them, and it' the lYn/i-M tt'iTt) made a. coatim,'station, that would also lyail to their being colonised. I„;iviliU these thoughts fur others to ttttM'oVe upon.