HARSH BUREAUCRATIC REALITY.

The Advertiser, Adelaide, Thursday 23 May, 1912.

WRECK OF THE KOOMBANA.

The Registrar-General of Western Australia 

has asked us to publish the following -

"It is desired, in the interests of the

relatives and friends of all persons,
passengers, and crew, believed to have been

lost in the wreck of the steamer

Koombana, on or about March 20 or 21

March to secure for entry in the register

of deaths of this State the necessary
particulars to ensure easily traceable records

of those so bereaved to have been lost, 

and with this end in view it is requested 

that all relatives or others who can give

the requisite information will communicate

as early as possible with the Registrar

General in Perth Western Australia, by

whom the necessary information papers

it should be distinctly stated whether

required for either males or females,

will be at once forwarded to be filled 

in with the due particulars and then re

turned to this office. - So soon as 

information as complete as possible, 

is secured, the entries will be made in 

the register in the usual manner thus 

complying with section 12 of the 

Registration Act, 1894, and securing 

permanent and easily traceable records 

of those lost. Since, however, the bodies 

of those lost have never been recovered, 

the entry of the register of the burial 

required by section 18 of the Act cannot 

be made, so the words, 'body not recovered ' 

will be written across the burial columns 

of the entry, thus guarding against any 

infringement of the law.

A complete list, certified to by the agents

of the Adelaide Steamship Company, of

the passengers and crew known to have

been, and of those thought to have been,

on the steamer Koombana at the time of

the wreck, is available for reference at the

office of the Registrar-General in Perth.

courtesy Trove