The Fate Of The "Hauraki"

Long Silence Broken

THE fate of the Union Steamships Com pany’s motorship “Hauraki” (7,113 tons) which disappeared in the Indian Ocean in 1942, has just been re vealed after a long silence.

This ship and members of her crew were well-known in the Central Pacific before the war when she was on the Sydney-North America run. She was intercepted by the Japanese in darkness, while on her way from Sydney to India,

and it is believed that her crew, mostly Australians, have been interned. She also carried a few passengers whose fate is unknown.

She was commanded by Captain A. W.

Creese, of Melbourne, a well-known cap tain in the service. Other officers were: Chief Engineer W. Falconer, Chief Officer Todd, Chief Steward Higginson, all of Sydney, and Purser I. Back, of New Zealand.