["s.s. Waratah Overdue", The West Australian, Tuesday 03 August 1909, page 5]

S.S. WARATAH OVERDUE.

300 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

London, August 2.

Reuter's correspondent at Durban states that alarm has been caused through the non-arrival at Capetown of the Blue Anchor new twin-screw steamer Waratah (10,000 tons), which left Port Natal last Monday. The Waratah has 300 passengers on board.

\[The Waratah left Melbourne for London, via South Africa, on July 1.\]