["The Missing Waratah", The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Saturday 14 August 1909, page 5]
THE MISSING WARATAH.
STILL NO NEWS.
REINSURANCE RATES AGAIN RAISED.
LONDON, August 12.
The cost of reinsuring the Waratah has been raised to ninety guineas. This is higher than has ever been paid for a vessel of that size. The underwriters suggest that the Waratah may have broken her propeller or rudder, and they instance the case of the steamer Waikato, which was missing south of Cape Colony for a long time.
The cruisers Forte and Hermes, and the steamer Geelong resume the search for the Waratah to-day. The cruiser Pandora will also join in the search on Monday.
LONDON, August 13.
The cruiser Hermes is searching over the area to the south-east of Cape Colony which has already been covered by the Pandora.
SEARCHING FOR THE WARATAH.
MELBOURNE, August 13.
In the House of Representatives Mr. Deakin (Vic.), in reply to Mr, Johnson (N.S.W.), said that he believed that captains of vessels leaving South Africa or going to it had been warned to keep a look-out for the Waratah. He would communicate with the Admiral of the Australian station on the matter.
