WRECKED ON ISLAND

SCHOONER MAKOA

CREW SAFE ON SHORE

TO BE PICKED UP BY

NIAGARA

APIA, June 21. The auxiliary schooner Makoa, 250 tons, owned by the Burns, Philp Co., is a total wreck at Hull Island, in the Phoenix Group. No lives were lost. The crew are all ashore arid well, with sufficient food and water. . The Makoa has been overdue for approximately three weeks. The Burns, Philp Company, through the agent of the Union Steam Ship Company, asked the Monowai, which left Suva on Friday, to call at Hull Island and report. Today the following message was received from the master of the Monowai: "The Makoa is a total wreck at Hull Island. No. lives are lost." This message was passed on to H.M.S. Wellington, en route from the Union Group to Apia, and the commander then dispatched the following message to the master of the Monowai: "Please state on what part of Hull Island the Makoa is wrecked, what assistance you have rendered, and whether any more is required; also, what is the probable period the Makoa's crew can live on the present stores and water."

The master of the Monowai replied: "The Makoa was wrecked at the settlement on the north-west coast. The vessel is a total loss, only the ribs remaining. The crew will probably have plenty of stores, as, the Burns, Philp Company has a copra plantation there. The Makoa was apparently landing stores or loading copra when shj was wrecked. The crew did not want any assistance or stores from me, so apparently they are well supplied. They told-me they expected a warship in a few days. All are well."

The.Burns, Philp Company has since arranged with the Union Company for the Niagara, passing Hull Island southbound tomorrow, to pick up the crew and take them to Suva.

The Makoa had just completed a thorough and extensive overhaul at Apia and Suva, and this was her first trip out since then.