AWARUA FOUND

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 September 1926, Page 5

AWARUA FOUND

OFF EASTCAPE.?'?

ALL ' ARE - WELL, .r,

REPORT BY TLM.S: DUNEDIN.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION,! WELLINGTON, Sept. - H.M.S. Dunedin Has'.wirelessed to the effect that she is in touch with the steamer Awarua off the East Cape.- vAll Wv are well. ■ ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEARCH.

WELLINGTON;: SeptY 17. The search'.lor rhe - missing Yteaiper. Awarua continues. The Harbour Board’s tug Tola-, which is in command Of the deputy-barbOur-master (Captain j. Spence) ihas not yet fetumeu to port, and.it has not.been' possible to establish any definite communication with her tb-ctay, as the tug s wireless equipment is apparently not- in proper world ng order.- - , " Shortly a fter noon to-day. the -Tbia* made an endeavour to establish communicate with Wellington, hut it. veas- . not found possible to piekj up the ines-* A iage. It is .surmised bj*' officials of the Marine Department" that: The .Toia M§LY. now returning to port, as,she has been, ? at sea since Wednesday morning. A meeting oi Cabinet was held this morning, to discuss what- should be done * in regard to searching, for tliei missing vessel. Following the meeting the.foi-'., lowing statement was made by the Miri-*:' ister of Marine (Hon. J. G. Anderson) i, ‘ ‘The Marine Department ’ has had. the - tug Toia out for the past- two days. She - has not returned nor has she wirelessed-to-day. The Terawhiti, well proyisiohed,, has been dispatched from’ Wellington; ;*. ( and the Nora. Niven has been sent from Napier with instructions to make a ... thorough search in a southerly direo- ' tion, One- of the warships at present • ' at Auckland lias been instructed' 'to 1. proceed to the locality and .from, the north to make a. most, minute search. Vessels approaching the New Zealand coast have also been. cominuriidated : i Y with. department:ds doing all that is . possible to locate the.vessel. In' iddi•tion several steamers on the coast arei . taking part in the searcli;-midefi : in- ' structions from the Marine Department. As far as 'is known the.Tamajha, _ City of Newcastle and the Kaimanawa i ;i are all actively searching-for ..the missing Awarua. The Ka.imiana.wa left-. - port last evening bound for Lyttteltooi,l and she reported this morning that she " had seen nothing of the Awarua, bub- r , .was continuing her search.. It is -staifodi; / that there lias been, a heavy- hall, of snow at sea, lasting until this morn-. ing:, iajxdl rtJiis has had the offset of iruaik-" ing visibility very bad. - vy ./j', '.' It is reported that a .heavy south- - west gale as blowing aud a heavy sea is still running. A south-westerly .gate ‘Vhas been raging and a big sea has been' T running, for several days.,;.The..police and others are searching the -shore. AUCKLAND, Septr T 7.": H.M.S. Dunedin; which hais been Engaged in firing - practice in- Hjauraki Gulf, departed to-day under orders, to ... search, for the injssing steamer AwaruaCNw