LOST SOUTHERN CROSS
RESCUE OF THE CREW ALL RETURNING TO SYDNEY (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The Melanesian Mission Board was advised to-day by Captain Stanton that he had abandoned the idea of chartering a vessel at Vila, and of taking the native crew of the Southern Cross to the Solomons, and that the whole of the complement of the wrecked vessel will return to Sydney by the ship La Perouse. The secretary of the board said Captain Stanton would probably go from Sydney to the Solomons in charge of the native crew, and the European members would return to Auckland at the first opportunity. A statement that private advice had been received to the effect that a nautical inquiry had been held into the loss of the Southern Cross, and that the captain and officers had been exonerated, is not confirmed. The mission board on Friday asked the customs collector at Vila if tan inquiry was to be held, and if so for a copy of the 'proceedings. No reply has been received, nor has Captain Stanton mentioned anything regarding an inquiry.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17950, 30 November 1932, Page 8
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