THE MISSING MONOWAI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 September 1907, Page 5

THE MISSING MONOWAI.

NOT \Ef SIGHTED. Sydney,' September 13. ■ lucre was no signs of the Monowai ai 8.40 ajn. The Manuki, takes up thi Monowai's iiuuiing to-morrow. • STILL NO SIGN. Received 13th, 11.20 p.m. Sydney, September 13. The v ictoria arrived at 1 p.m. . She saw nothing of tha Monowai. THE SEARCH BEGINS. Beccived 14th. 0.49 ».ni. Sydney, September 13. The steamer Kaiapoi left Sydney et 1.30 this afternoon, and the tag Hero, chartered by the Union Company, left at six in search for the Monowai. r&ey will rig-iag across the course followed by the New Zealand steanurs, meeting at given points. The Champion, one of Brown's tugs, left Newcastle early this morning to take up the search. The steamer Wakatipu, coming up the coast from Eden, is making ; i, cireuH on the look-out for the overdue steamer, and all departing vessels hare been instructed to keep a good look-out It is considered now th»re 13 little doubt something has happened to the Monowai's machinery, but it is thought, with the Wimmera's report as a guide,] it should not be a difficult task to pick the steamer up. ' I The captain of the Victoria reports that afteT pasing the Three Kings, heary weather, with rough seas, set in, and continued until yesterday at noon, when it gradually moderated. The wind, which was at first from the north, veered to the south and south southwest He has not the slightest doubt the Monowai will turn up safely, and thinks with the westerly wind prevailing in the Tasman Sea, the Monowai, if ibroken down, will drift about northeast and north north-east. Per Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The general manager of the Union Company is satisfied the Monowai will be picked up within three days, and that the delay is one of mishap to the machinery. Five steamers—the Kaiapoi, Wakatipu, Hero, Terawhiti, and Victoria •-are on the lookout for the overdue steamer. The Manuka leaves Sydney I to-morrow for Wellington in the Monowar's place, the Miowera taking up the Manuka's running in the Sydney to Auckland service. It was on October 17th, 1901, that the Monowai broke her tail shaft during her trip from the Bluff to Hobart Five days later she was picked np by the ' Mokoia, and towed to Port Chalmers. '