MISSING FISHERMEN.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14507, 26 April 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

MISSING FISHERMEN.

Xo inlings have so far Ire,, received of two tislceriuen, Kiihard and .lolin llarrhy, wlio left ['or! (;i,aimers in their Ihi.h. Parly liist wwk lilliioil-'ll ;i at refill loijk-otif was k-apl by all lli» hoa.ls ! oti the ccnuij., by the irawler.J, and I>v the i (ioyerumeiti steauier ilineiuoit which nia.'o a trip lo (.'ape (niumlcis litflithoua' and bad; to Duuediu men are a; a 10-s to conjecture what mishap eouM have occurred to the me,,, as ilie weather from Monday up lo \\edne.-day night, was cxcfptionaljy mild. Captain Ilollolls of the Ijiiiellioa, l'C|Kirl.s that be has been on the coast fiince Sunday las!, working between Timarn and Otago JJcixls, and he experience*! a. succession of calms and very light inshore winds from tlici oast and north-east. From this fact lie tuitiks. it is highly improbable that ilie whaleboat motor in which the men went out cot,ld have been blown out to sea. it is _ also thought that if there had Iwen a mishap to the oil molor with which tho boat was equipped the men would linvo flail no difficulty with twist, sail, and oaro in milking tho (and. ' The missing boat, is the properly' of -Air T. liarrhy, sen., w'ho rovs it is practically a ik'v boat, having ' been built only two yeare ago. In October last a new 4-i h.p. oil <>ngine was lifted in the boat, ami she carried mast, .-piifsail, oins. lifebelts and lifebuoys, and ligl,t.>. Anv hope that ilie men mighl have lauded oil the eoasl between -Moeraki and the .Nuggets was praeticolly abiindone-d yest«nlay. as I,ail they done so they would, no doubt, have promptly made known their .whereabouts lo allay Ibe anxiety of their relative and friends. The Harrh.vs were e.vperietn-rtl iislicrmen, .and were capa'.ile men in the ! management of a boat. • j It now transpires Ihat th? (wo men were ! seen by some of Ilie lishormoit about ]?. j miles off the coast busily emiaired on ihe ' Monday, it'll, in;:., "hookin?"' tish. One j li.-beruniu, named .lohti Noble, is reported to have applied the Harrhvs with bait an,| anolher li.-heiman named of Waikouaiti, lias stat.xl tlr.it, on flic after- ! noon of Momlav wlion he left the fisliinu j sraunils I hero was a bit of a jobble on. Itiul he saw the missing men continuing h>ninir afh'r Jiis bouf Jititi left, float it, ii is 1 jjonh' tiiiiiculi-y iii : fini: Ijafk io AVftikouuiti owintj lo tho jfibiijp. i