THE “CASTAWAY”
ISLAND NOT UNINHABITED. FRENCH AUTHORITIES REPORT. MESSAGE; TO AUSTRALIA. (United Press Association —Copyright. 1 (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. A cablegram lias been received by the Prime Minister’s Department from the Consul-General at Papeete, in reply to a message sent by Mr J. A. Lyons asking for news of the attempts to rescue the man reported to have been seen on Motu Iti Island. The cablegram states that the wireless message from the Captain of the Port Darwin was communicated to the French authorities on June 27. The island was inhabited by a group of Tahitians, and would be visited by a Concessionaire at the end of this month. It would appear therefore that the island is not uninhabited, as was thought when the news of the castaway was received. EARLY SUPPOSITION DOUBTED. (United Press Association—Copyright./ (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day.
The officer’s a;nd seamen of the Port Darwin do not believe that the person they saw was Flight-Lieutenant C. T. ulm, as was at first suggested. They think the man was probably a native who had been cast adrift from one of the adjacent islands.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 236, 18 July 1936, Page 5
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