Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
150 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand — [Extract]
150
The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the Governor-General of New Zealand
[Extract]
19 May 1940
Circular daily war telegram. 1
An enemy raider may be at sea in the South Atlantic. The indications are mines off Cape Agulhas, the sighting of a suspicious ship on 2 May, and the fact that the British SS Scientist (6199 tons), 2 which left Durban on 27 April, is overdue. Two German merchant ships, which may be acting as supply ships, have escaped, one from Azores and the other from the Canaries.
1 Daily war telegrams on the progress of the war were sent by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to each of the Dominion Governments.