RAIDER OFF NAURU
NEW ZEALAND SHIP BELIEVED TO BE INTERCEPTED
The Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser) announced today with deep regret that reports received from Nauru indicated that a British ship was on fire off the island last Sunday morning. The weather was bad and poor visibility hindered, observation. In the afternoon the ship was seen on fire and was apparently being shelled by another vessel. Both shortly disappeared. All British shipping known: to be in the vicinity was instructed to proceed to other ports. This instruction, and the necessary wireless silence imposed on shipping, is responsible for the fact that nothing further has been sighted from Nauru, and no reports have yet been received from the ships concerned; but, unfortunately, there appear to be substantial indications that at least one other vessel—the only one on New Zealand articles—has been intercepted by the raider. The next-of-kin of all those on board this second vessel have already been advised by telegram of all the facts that are available and of the sympathy of the New Zealand Government in their anxiety. Wireless communication with Nauru, which is under the care of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, is being maintained, and further information is awaited. Nauru is just south of the Equator and is due north of New Zealand.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 13
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215RAIDER OFF NAURU Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 144, 14 December 1940, Page 13
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