THE WIMMERA DISASTER.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 167, 12 July 1918, Page 5

THE WIMMERA DISASTER.

AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN J^iCEXSED,

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SYDNEY, Julv 11. J. he loss of the Wimmera has seamen to endorse, Mr Havelock Wilson's 8 ofßcia l ol the Seamen'* Union Bai -S'.;. , here won>t be a foreigner nboard a British vessel, even after peace is declared, if we can prevent it." , CAPTAIN KELI/S PRESCIENCE. • ; £•■ \ .. HOBAjRT,. July 11. " _- Captain Kell, of the : Wimmeni,- wrote to a Hobarfc merchant some weeks ago: '.There seems to be a goodly, suiiplvof mines round this coast. I haVe ran* lost sleep through them, but maybe it will _get. an early rise one of these morn,*ngs." ..-.■■ ;;/. :>;.,; pTOMBRS NO CLAIM ON THE CO'MGOVERNMENT/. (Rec. 11.15 a.m.) . MELBOURNE, This Day. The Controller? of Shipping states that the owners of the Wimmera have no claim on the Government, as the ship was not requisitioned by the Commonwealth and was sunk outside Austrian waters. PUBLIC INQUIRY. Ellington, Tim buv. . The Ministei ; of Marine,, after, consideration of the evidence at tho preliminary enquiry and the repol't of the Nautical Adviser, decided to hold si public, enquiry into ; the loss of the Wimmera. ..*'.■'. .