IHf ISIG DREDGE.

Grey River Argus, 18 May 1912, Page 5

THE MISSING DREDGE.

(Per Press s£ssqcAatipn> ■'.-•• WEDLINGTQN, May 17 • ■l'fc i,s almost certain that another search, will bo ?iiiad©:;i6r^th.Ci i iiHssing dredge Manchester. > TJiei' Kj&inisteriiof Marme (iforf G.<>L^.iireiLson)oiold;a re? presen-tative of the rNcw. Zealand Times to-night that h© was hopeful that H.M.S Encounter,; ;which: will ..leave Auckland for Sydney an a day or twowill go somewhat . ou£. of .her. course said that, at his" request,^'the." Secretary of Marino 1 had interviewed Captains ' to look for 'the dredge; The Minister Blackburn, Smdth and Post on the ; i subject and I ' found-; /that 'though they feared th,e Manchester" wwars r no Jonger above .water, Ithey s - believed there -wa. s jus.: a chance that- -she had -become disabled and to . north warih They were; in f aypor- of -.th,^ commander of the Enppunier. beingr asked- >toil»ke a jnoi;o Jiortherly icourae > than' :&si£iisr tomaiy,T and .'JJis Excellency the- Gqyc ernorV wouldl^be.ask^d-tovmake avrepresentation to the" warship -s coim'ni^ndcr>with a view, to this beings -dofiey The- Minister 'had;: no- doubt thatijrthe , request i would';^ be ; accedeoVtor .. vTh-e. drift between here and Sydnieyi*was^al:i t:o the -noxihwird^and^it Ayas l still pdg--sible. that ? ;the;:d^e^ge-'ha(i-been:ucarr riedj. a long' way ; ; off ,-?the';- regular .douiiSe followed .by inter-c^lonialivcssjcls; /sir-.