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APPREHENSION AS TO. THE WAEATAH. 7 , (By Tclcaraoh.-i-Press { ABspoltttlon.-OoDyHcht) ■. .i [ '~:■'?] ■,: Loridbhi,Aueuflt S.;: :. The Lund'linor Waratahinow/A a: week overdue at Cape Town from Durbaa,:oii tho Homeward voyage from Australia, is insured •.-.'; at Lloyd's for about £300,000.: .\.A,_: 'A ;';.'.■ '';■■ ■'''.; ; ':'" ''-A SEARCH ;FAILS..- : /.. AAA a...'■'.' ■■-)';--\.. Capo Town, August 5.' "I; :A tug which was sent to search for the. ■ ■■'■'. Waratah has returned to Moseel Bay.-,;'with-•:';,■; out ; discovering any trace of the- missing ':: vessel. •... ' . ■. ■ ■ '■- .". ', AA- ■■ -' i7REINSURANCE 70 GUINEAS,';" ""'.- '% "'. "<■', '(Reo.. August 6, . 11.16 p.m.) '■■,;.' ':;-A'A /.V r .;V:';■:■■ '■■'' ; London,.August 6.. ,>.:■. ; Tho. wreck of. the Maori has deepened ap-,; 'prehension as to the, Waratah. . '_;.. ':'■' •■'■ AA' .The rate of reinsurance,* last quoted at;' 50" guineas per cent'., has risen'to 70 guineas. ■''>■;.'.'.; ' '■•■■ ■' ' " ' \ ■'■ ■ ■'■■ ''-•'■ ''■' ' "-'■'!'■ ~..,.NpSIGN OF '~a':.; .'A'-, [■'■/. ■■;>,' Brisbane, August 6. V.','; ';' >'A,'steamer has returned hero after an un-/; availing, search for tlio Gorman Government : yacht; Seestern! • ' 'A \\- '■■ A'A A, A',' - • THE WARATAH: AN UP-TO-DATE LINER. 'A . The;only passongers booked from Wellington ' to sail from Sydney by tho missing' Lund liner •': : ; Waratah; Wore If. J AS. Mullon', who was': re- ':''..'• turning, to his home in DurbimAand Mr. and,'A |Irs. /WV Cousens and. infant,; of .Kaitoko, who' ■'"> were ald'o. to have loft 'tho steamer,at Durban. 1 V ;;Tho Waratah,'which takes the name of the A emblematio flower of Now South Wales, is a A ; new :.twin-screw .'steamer of- some 10,000 tons ''■'■■ register, being.■'4Boft. long, 59ft.'3in. broadband ;■'■' 39ily'4in. deep, and is built to 'Lloyd's highest * class... The steamer has two separate■ sots of 'A quadruple expansion engines, capable; of main- '■- a sea speed of 13J knots. She is divided into eight ..watertight compartments, and. has' a cellular double bottom extending the full" A", lengthiof ;the vessel,'thus rendering her, it is'.. .■ claimed, praotically immune from any'danger ■• of's'inkirig. "• • ■ , A • '.;.■ The' Waratah has accommodation for ISO ' ■■'. first saloon passengers, and upwards of 300. \ : third-class passengers; . All the saloon eabina'■'■-,: are placed on deck. There are no inside rooms, every cabin'being fitted with a squaro window or port. ; •', ■•■■■■ :/■ ~■;,' .■■■ ■, . ;I ; ; . The accommodation and appointments aa said to be/of .the very. best., ,