AN OCEAN MYSTERY
NO TRACT 1 . OF THE MISSING MA.TUNGA-.
Melbourne, August 29. Mr. J. Cook stated in the House of Representatives that, after an exhaustive search no trace could bo found of tho Matunga.-Pr,css Assn. • [The Matmiga was a vessel of 1618 tons, built in 1900 for Burns, Philp, and Co. On August 15 the Federal Navy Office reported that tho Jlf.tunga, en route from Sydney to Eabaul (Now Guinea), was sevon days overdue, and it was ieared that sho had been lost as the result of an internal explosion. 'Sho earned a small military detachment for Rjibaul.]
(Tho cable news fii this isauo accredited to the London "Times" has appeared in that journal, but only where ojpreesly stated Iβ such news tha editorial opinion of "Tho Timee.")
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 5
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129AN OCEAN MYSTERY Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 5
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