INSURANCES UNKNOWN

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 129, 3 June 1922, Page 6

INSURANCES UNKNOWN

.VESSEL PROBABLY WORTH

£175,000.

(BY • TELEGRAM.—SPF.CMI. TO mE POST.)

AUCKLAND, This Day.

So far' no information concerning the insurances on the Wiltshire and her cargo are;, available.' The insurances on the cargo were arranged'chiefly in EngJan'd;" and it' will be some time before the exact- amounts are known here. It is thought probable that every marine insurance company in New; Zealand will I». affected,-.,.;;.The.10ca1; agents are not in possession of-the figures which would indicate the value- at which the Wiltshire is carried on the company'a books, or "of the' iwniiwiMB •'■ on- the;, vessel,- At the present vaJ^e "of"vessels of her type,

it is estimated locally thaj; the Wiltshire would ' represent a value of from £170,000 to £175,000. It is understood "that tho Wiltshire carried 460 postal packages.

Complete arrangements have been made by the management of the Auckland Sailors' Home for the reception of the Wiltshire's . crew. Shakedowns have been made up, and everything has been prepared for the comfort of the men. The Governor-General visited the home last evening, . and expressed pleasure at tho arrangements that had been made.

' The superintendent of the Mercantile Marine (Captain Atwood) has received a telegram from Mr. E. S. Wilson, secretary of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Relief Society at Dunedin offering monetary help to provide comforts for the crew of the Wiltshire.