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DARWIN SEARCH PARTY
Schooner May Be Delayed
CAPTAIN WITHDRAWS
DARWVIN, Today.
Although it is announced that the auxi
liary scl?oller Hluddersfield will leave I)ar
win on Saturday with tihe police expedi
tion to Eearch for the alleged surviv\orsl
of the Douglas iMawson, it is doubtful whlie
ther she will get ;iway without further de
lay, as Capt. Henry Lawson, ef the Bou
caut Clompany's auxiliary ketch John Alice
who was to iavee conmmand, has withdrawn
owing to some disaglctement.
Both tl:e captain and mate of the schoo
ner were dismissed by Col. Serennikoff, the
Boucaut Company- s representative, pr:or
to the {uddlersfield reiclhing Darwin on its
. initial trip firont Sydney. lThe mate has
since rejoined the vessel and the present
crisis now Jlargely depends upon Capt.
f3owden again taking charge of the schoo
ner.
It is ev-en stated that the Hudderstfield
may cot ]eave luntil about August 13, when
Capt. ])avis, formerly of the auxiliary
ketch John Alice, ariives by the monthly
steauner from the south to take colnmand.
'The sp?cCial constablel s sworn1 in yester
day were Alfred Briown, 1. Cook, R.
Sheppard, WV. Noakes. Traccy, Milne, i:ona
man, J. Courtney, Miles, IMartin, and C.
WVilliams.
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