STAR OF CANADA.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 181, 30 July 1912, Page 8

STAR OF CANADA.

I PART OF BULLION RECOVERED. I (By TeJeer_pb.--PT___ AssDci.ition.) | GISBORNE, -Monday, j So far some 500 tons of bullion have j been brought ashore from the wrecked Star of Canada, and. reckoning on the time it has taken so far, and the increasing difficulty experienced in lifting the weighty-bars from the bottom of the ship, less than a weeks work should see the hold clear of cargo. 11 will therefore be interesting to watch developments in a day or two. The authorities are extremely reticent a.-* to what the plans will be when this stage has been reached, although they practically admit -hat the future is of the unknown. Weather conditions, of course, will bulk largely in determining the future programme. There are some well able to speak who confidently state that it is an open secret that the steamer Ls now considered a hopeless proposition, and that the present aim is merely to save the valuable bullion, estimated as -worth £25.000. Even if this should prove correct, it is, not to be imagined that the Star cf Canada has suffered for want of proper handling. The salvage authorities have done excellent work in saving the •big cargo, and it .is highly probable that the steamer would be floated now if the proper plant were at 'hand. The best plant that New Zealand can offer has been called into requisition, but this does not mean much so far as the salvaging of a. stranded steamer is concerned. As an authority remarked yesterday. "If we had her anywhere near the Homeland, or where a decent plant was available, we would soon shift her." . -