THE OVERDUE HIMITANGI.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 7 March 1912, Page 7

THE OVERDUE HIMITANGI.

A SHOKE AT CHATHAMS. ON A SANDY BEACH, my Tei.'?raph.-Press Association I WELLINGTON. Wednesday, itniietv in Wellinsrtnn rcgardinp til'' "rfue 'vessel Hiinitangi w.is ennVd at 01 n ',.l..rk this afternoon, when the Marine Departm-nl received a «*■*«*>•■ Zm Capt PaMiwr slating thai th-rJL-r (JrrUp had j«M report,-! that J%i«.il.ngi *m Htr«n.l.-d «t the r* r Hibrrlh«l at th- Wool wharf. n „d Ended fmir »' th* 1 Me"" Kost.-r. Klpar. Cannon f„d Wjinmilt The Gertie arrived .it !r-.»nff ..ii Saturdav last, anchoring «";; n^ !1 ; 1 :; Pi „i. n.- w^™* -....« £ 11 Ivins -tranded n„ th- -»M -i.lJ |Mm Bav. at a point about two „„d J half mills'from the Waitangi landingr'n n Himilnngi nn Sunday. Ki-bniury ~ Is nn-bnrPd in Ih- roadstPad oft ftiUnp. »hru she •Iriiicpo.] Her an*m. and wn- -Inindrd .... the heai-h. rffnrt. «<T" "lad- t:i limit h-r by the hut without s.i-pps-. Wlipii the £ t j, arrivnd. t)u ; Himitanpi wa« ||.. z npjiphl and broadside nn n w| i.r,..1.. H »* considered ~„„ nP v pro-poets nf getting her nfl S th P aid nf g-ar. and ,dvc,i suitable wiUmt. Th- 'Hptain and -rrw air hv her and are he.np well IrMtpd hv l bp residents nf the island. i,plain Mnnl-i -aid Hint the Gertie M „„( render assHlan-c in the direc- .„.„ of hrlpinp th- branded vessel off. .„, H , V ;,., quit- safe In leave hrr «u> ,va< Shp had thro" anchors out. 5„; making no «1,, All that a p | i( , f ,(.c F ..I ,ouM iV was tn take down , little homier near. It mighf be neepsW rv to 'l° s ' ;n,p dipffinp nut. but .-he Diicbt conic o(T even without lhi>. Ear!v in th- afternoon of thp day rtpathevp-l »as stranded. .1. Merrit (Am'' eonk\ ,|ir ' l suddenly • rnm Mturtl P..H5P.--. M- »■„. buried in the MPbrr ■•-.<•> I" «'V ,r " "'" V °" \T 0 „ the h-aHi. AI thp -amn iim- th« Wrof raptain llno.l. ~ wry old rps.M nf thp island, win. died a day r>r trtr. hffnir. was int-rrnl. Iltfrp \vpi-p altnpplh-r -iv d-at.hs on thp island Ivtn-ppn Hip tin.p of the rirandinp nf lb- Himilanpii and tho dppartnre nf the Oertip for Wcllinpton.