LONG OVERDUE
FRENCH SHIP BOUND FOR NOUMEA.
MAY HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO RAIDER.
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright! SYDNEY, September 4.
It is feared that the French steanie: Notou (2489 tons) has fallen a victim to the enemy raider which later shelled the Turakina in the Tasman Sea on August 20. The ship is now more than 16 days overdue on her voyage from Newcastle to Noumea.
The Notou carried six European officers, a crew of 28 natives and one passenger, M. Paul Vois, a director of nickel mines in New Caledonia who was returning after important trade discussions with the Commonwealth Government.
The Minister of the Navy, Mr A. G. Cameron, announced that it had been reported from Noumea that the Notou was considerably overdue.
The Notou sailed from New South Wales’ on August 12 and, as it was known that the Turakina was attacked by the raider on August 20, it seemed probable that the Notou was also one of the raider’s victims.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 September 1940, Page 7
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