Torres Straits.
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Bottle Messages In
From Our Own C»rreipondent
Thursday Is., Dec. 12.
SEVERAL bottle papers, containing particulars for the purpose of chart ing ocean currents, have been picked up lately in Torres Strait and handed in to the Harbour Master, who forwards them to their destination. They were thrown overboard from steamers be tween Sydney and America, and one had been floating for five years, although an other bore only a very recent date.
The trend of currents brings these ocean messengers up into the central part of the Strait, usually round about the Yorke Island group, although some get right up to Saibai, close to New Guinea.