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Exploration Ship Found no Trace of It. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 11 Although nautical charts indicate the existence ol the mysterious Dougherty Island in the Great Southern Ocean. Captain Mackenzie, master of the Discovery upon the occasion ol her last research expedition, declares that he saw no sign of such an island. The Discovery passed over the charted position of Dougherty Island he said, which he described as one of the : most desolate spots in the Great White j South Soundings reveal d 2472 fath ! ms of water Y, U„ • r-s- -n and | . he visibility was good lor twelve : [ miles. i
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 190, 12 August 1931, Page 1
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106NON-EXISTENT ISLE. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 190, 12 August 1931, Page 1
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