THE MISSING WARATAH.
BELIEVED TO BE DRIFTING. LONDON, August 6. The owners of the Lund liner Waratah, now considerably overdue on the short passage from Durban to Capetown, cling to the idea that the steamer is rtrftiing owing to disabled machinery. The uncertainty regarding the Waratah provides underwriters with a fresh argument in favour of making wireless telegraphing apparatus compulsory on all ocean liners. A Bill now before the United States Congress requires the installation of 8 wireless equipment, under heavy penalty, on all ocean steamers carrying not less than fifty passengers. Mr Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, is considering the introduction of similar legislation in the Imperial Parliament. Received August 8, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, August 7. The Waratah took 300 tons of coal on her bridge deck after discharging cargo at Durban. The cruisers which have been searching for her have n it yet returned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9563, 9 August 1909, Page 5
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149THE MISSING WARATAH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9563, 9 August 1909, Page 5
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