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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8471, 23 January 1891, Page 6

There are many simple-minded members of the House of Commons who think that the Queen's ships on distant stations ought to be held in readiness to go in search of missing merchantmen, or to the rescue of stranded seamen at the shortest possible notice. One of theee benevolent Commoners asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if there was any reason why one of the ships on the Cape station should not "for the satisfaction of the friends of the crews of missing ships,' , periodically visit theCrozet Islands in the hope of rescuing seamen who might be shipwrecked there. Lord George Hamilton curtly dispelled the idea that fighting ships of the nation were intended for such duties. He explained that the Crozets could only be visited at considerable risk ; that there was no vessel on the Cape station able to ?team the distance —nearly 4000 miles—without coaling ; thatthere wasnot sufficient evidence that the crews of missing vessels were at the Crozets, and that therefore the Government did not feel justified in ordering a vessel to undertake the onerous duty suggested. The tinest dairies of fresh butter on the market are to be obtained from the London Dairy Company. Depots : Victoria-Street and Mount Eden Road.