NEWS OF THE MONOWAI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 252, 25 October 1901, Page 2

NEWS OF THE MONOWAI.

. *. I TOWKD TO PORT OHALMKR" BY THI 1 MOKOIA. r ; a PES PBESS ASSOCIATION.] 3 Received 24, 4.25 p.m ;- (Per Extraordinary Massage), il Wellington, October 24. i- Sir Jossph Ward has just announcec d in the House that a steamer believec a to be the Monowai has been seen of g Orepuki in tow of two steamers. Bluff, October 24. e The Mokoia passed on to Por e Chalmers at 6 p.m. with the Monowa i- in tow. i g "ALL WELL." NO PARTICULARS AVAILABLE. Inveecargill, October 24. e Just after 3 o'clock to-day the Sig n nalman at Bluff Hill reported thre it steamers 15 miles to westward, am I- shortly after made out two of them t e be the Mokoia with the Monowai ii :t tow, the third being the Rimu, goin; a to the Bluff, which had fallen in wit] t. them off Puyeegur Point this morning Instructions were signalled to th Mokoia to proceed to Port Chalmers and the ships passed Dog Islan i at I o'clock. The Mokoia was making gooi >7 progress with her tow, and should read port early to-morrow forenoon. The cause of the breakdown is no knowD, but the Monowai signallei " All Well." It is surmised that tb '3 tail shaft is broken or the propelle | gone, necessitating docking. I Captain Marks, of the Rimu, in a j interview, said that he had not ascei 2 tained the nature of the breakdown, s that absolutely nothing is known her . _ exceot what is narrated.

eACBpu WUU.Ii IS uunauou, The Harbour Board's tug had not steam up and could not go out to intercept the steamers and get particulars. As the Mokoia left here on Tuesday night she probably fell in with the Monowai about 100 miles clear of land. Dusedin, October 24. Nothing has been learned as to the nature of the accident tb the Monowai. After the two steamers arrive at Port I Chalmers to-morrow, the Monowai's passengers will ba transferred to the iMokoin, and tho latter will leave for Melbourne in thu afternoon. I Received 24,10.20 p.m. ! Sydney, October 24. The news of the safety of the Monowai was hailed with s itfsfaetion throughout the States. j Received 25, 0.40 a.m. Sydney, Octobsr 24. The Admiral hud ordered the Phcebs to go in search of the Monowai, but these instructions are now cancelled. '' ' We are informed by Mr. Walker, manager of the local office of the Union S.S. Company, that the Mokoia will l"ave for Hobart to-day with the Monowai's ptssengers and cargo.