Show adventure of a ship s cat the ship s cat of the mail steamer ortona bad a remarkable experience on abe last homeward voyage of that vessel soon after the ortona left austra lia the cat was missing and it was thought that it had been left behind but when the vessel was thirty two days out from sydney one of the en ginders heard a faint mewing in the refrigerating chamber this cham ber which had not been opened since the vessel started as promptly ex and the unfortunate cat was found lying upon a box of butter in a very emaciated condition one of its ears and a portion of its nose had been bitten off by the cold but its fur had grown to a great length during its imprisonment the cat has since recovered melbourne argus |