A BARQUE WRECKED.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 113, 4 July 1911, Page 5

A BARQUE WRECKED.

ALL HANDS SAVED. Sydney, July 3. The barque Hjdorais, formerly the Nairnshire, bound from Westport to Ponape, with'a cargo of 1300 tons of coal, was driven ashore on a reef oil the island of, Ponape on June 3. Within two hours the vessel was a complete wreck. The captain and crew (totalling fourteen) were saved. They had made a record passage of 31 days. There was no pilot or tug to assist the vessel in negotiating the dangerous passage. The wind fell, and the current sent her ashore. Soon the wind sprung up and bumped the bottom out. Next day the boat was captom out. Next day the boat was almost capsized. She was then abandoned. i The crew waited at Ponape for eight days before being picked up by the steamer Germania, which brought them to Sydney. The captain states that he waited outside for two days signalling for a tug, not caring to enter, owing to the proximity of numerous reefs' Then a whaleboat from the Island informed him that they would have to negotiate the channel themselves.

DISPUTED TERRfiTORY. VICTORIA CLAIMS THE RIVERINA. (Received 4, 8.55 a.m.) Sydney, July 4. The Victorian Attorney-General lias notified the New South Wales Premier that it is Victoria’s intention to claim the Riverina. The chiim reached Sydney on Saturday, the day whereon expired the sixty years’ term Avithin Avhich the alleged appeal against the validity of the present boundary is permissible. It is understood the action of the Victorian Government, Avhicli Avill he followed by proceedings in the High Court, is the outcome of a discovery made by the Victorian- law authorities during a search for records. The discovery consists of a letter Avritten by Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General at the time of the separation of New South Wales from Victoria, containing the folloAving warning:—“If the Hume River, the present boundary, is fixed upon against the facts of the, case, and against the intention of the Imperial Parliament, trouble Avill lie sure to ensue.” It is even predicted that the result Avould he a civil Avar. It is claimed that this letter was completely ignored in fixing the boundary.