The Supposed New Island.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1631, 10 February 1886, Page 4

The Supposed New Island.

(lER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ■ . Auckland, Monday. The Star special reporters on board the 1 chartered steamer A whini searching for the wreck or island reported by Captain Savory, of the steamer Herald, telegraph from Mongbnui to-day :— " We have made a caretill search all way to Cape Maria Van Dieman, and are satisfied that no wreckage has come m that direction. , realjhecl the^ lighthouse lfis^ evening itoo^ late to,, land.. Tiys; is owihp > ''to our detentibh at'Anckland," forj if we had^gpt.away as. arranged at noon, we should' have had ample' to visit the spot indicated by Captain Savory. Our, shore man will have, the beach, carefully searched for wreckage or survivors. Sunday was very, dark with occasional lights rain, and this njQjning fie coast is covered with haze, and very;, .heavy clouds are rising from ,>the /nogrthwarJ with every indication of a change of weather,;,, ,Wt shall iendeayor, ; tq reach the supposed isiandlor^wreck this morning,,', but^the; iW^ather S( may. thwart pur movements. Should.the object seen be a^whale.a water.spout,::or a'uog' banki oi; mirage, as some people s'irtuise,- we shall set ail doubts at rest ; and if an island, we jaj;4 prepared" tp,:hpjs.t Jbe British >pgii^ nant and annex it f . m the name of Her Maiesty. The master of the steamer Fingal at Awariui, reports having* visited several places on the East Coast, and having seen no wreckage^ Mr<Shatinoti\ a runholder between the North Cape and Ahipara, came into the latter settlement yesterday, having ridden along the beach between Cape_ Maria and Abipara. He reports^ no. ;Bign of wreckage^ oofr f up-. Keav%Vwhich'~th4 settlers or Ma'ofis cm the coast could pot fail to have noticed if there ; had ;been any there. The Maoris ; believe t\ie object seen, .by Captain , Savory is an immense \vhale lost by j them, to which they hung on for several j hours, .till sundown, when the monster' I was rapidly 'carry ing them put ,to t|>e, ; Pacific. They then had to ' cut the line ; to save themselves, and with some diffi- ; culty reached the shore next morning. : ; i. , Tuesday. : The s Star_ reporters of the search fexpe-» j difctonj* teiegranß that: ihe'"« liffHthbuse- ; keeper at Cape Maria was strongly of opinion that the object seen floating backi wards and forwards, past the lighthouse •■for three days was o a large vessel .bottom ; up, but J beyvjcould> noti :launcir/a boat. ;Tlie expedition discovered about, ; sixly^eT long i floating; '* partlf devtu'rW by sharks and, other ; fishes. They ; al*o \ found a quantity of wreckage. The obje"ct"seeh by Savory and the lighthouse-* keeper was probably; the fc whale, but it is 'also just oossible Jhat there was a wreck as well as a whale. There is no sign, however, of any vessel such as described. ; Surprise js expressed that Savory did not af , tne|time determine tfiis^matter py%ip\ proaclflng theofyW. • Hi J s^ theory abouß a, new island is, of course, shown to be : nonsense.