LOSS OF S.S. OTAKI.
NO FURTHER DETAILS. Chrptchiirch, March 25. .ilr. Bennett, general manager of the -New Zealand Shipping Company, has had , no word of the loss of the Otaki, reported by cablegram to have been surik by thy Moewe. The vessel reached London Horn an Australasian port about a month ago. The latest letters received »y Mr. Bennett from Home, dated February S. stated that it was intended to send the Otaki from London to Liverpool to load for Australia and New Zealand, and it is possible that she met vrith disaster when between these two ports. Mr. Bennett cannot'understand the non- • ' receipt of the advice of the loss of the ; Otaki, and is cabling for an explanatjoa of the Admiralty's report. Christuhurch, Midnight, Sunday. Mr. Bennett received a cablegram tonight confirming the report that the Otaki was sunk lay a raider. The whole of the ship's company are supposed to be prisoners of war in Germany. The Otak! left Australia for London at the end of the year, and all lier cargo of frozen meat had been discharged, She would therefore be an empty ship. So tar as he knows, taptain Silba, who took her Home, was in command.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1917, Page 5
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201LOSS OF S.S. OTAKI. Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1917, Page 5
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