SUNDAY ISLAND
VISIT BY FRENCH WAR SLOOP NO SIGN OF TWO NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING THERE (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, This Day. Calling at Sunday Island in the Kermadec group on the way from Noumea to Auckland, the French war sloop Savorgnan de Brazza, which arrived at Auckland this morning, saw no sign of Bacon and Robinson, New Zealanders, who settled there two years ago. Although not aware that the Island was inhabited, Captain Robert decided to call in case there were castaways there. The vessel remained in South-West Sound for six hours, blowing the whistle at intervals. “Had we known people were living on the Island we would have cruised right round, firing signal guns,” said one of the officers. “Probably settlers living on the opposite side of the Island, even if they heard our siren, would be unable to cross the Island in a few hours as the interior is high and steep. We are extremely sorry we didn’t know they were there.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 26 May 1936, Page 5
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