To Seek Auckland Islands
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Treasure
AN expedition, comprising 12 members, will shortly leave Wellington, New Zealand, to attempt the recovery of £25,000 from the American barque Gen eral Grant, which foundered in the Auckland Islands in 1866. The famous schooner Aratapu, now laid up in Tahiti, will probably be used in connection with the salvage work.
The Auckland Islands, discovered in 1806 by Captain Bristow of the ship Ocean and called after Lord Auckland, are un inhabited. but possess several good har bours. They are situated about 300 miles south of Bluff Harbour, the most southerly portion of the South Island of New Zealand.
Mother Concerts, Superior General of the Sisterhood of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, left Sydney for Samarai, Papua, by the Macdhui on July 25. She was accompanied by Mother Mary Brendan.