SHIPPING MYSTERY EXPLAINED
BECALMED SCHOONER SIGHTED BY TELEGRAPH.—PBES3 ASSOCIATION. —OOPYHIGHT. Sydney, March 19. Captain Harris, of the Waihora, ridicules the statement that he report-' ed a derelict vessel after leaving Auckland. He says ho sent a Morse signal to the Manuka that a five-masted schooner was lying in her track, and he presumed that some passenger, with a slight knowledge of Morse, mistook the message and spread tho rumour. —Press Assn. [According to a Press Association message from Auckland, published last Thursday, it had been reported to the Collector of Customs that the Waihora on the previous Sunday signalled to the Wanaka that at 5 o’clock that morning a schooner was sighted without sails set and carrying no lights thought it was not then daylight. No attempt was made by the schooner to {signal the steamer. At 6 a.m. tho next, day, presumably the same schooner was sighted by the Manuka.] Auckland, March 19. The Union Steam Ship Company has received a cablegram from Sydney stating that the Waihora passed close to the Elinor H on March 11 practically becalmed. Apparently all was well. Tais disposes of the mystery attaching io the vessel recently sighted by the Manuka. Tho JElinor His a fiventasted schooner, and was in Melbourne on February 21. The papers do not Indicate her movements.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 156, 20 March 1923, Page 7
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