DANGER TO SHIPPING.
GHAXGIXG OCEA_\~ CHKBEvTS. (By Telesrap'n.—Press Association.) W-VNGANUI, Eridar. In the past the coast -between -tTurakina and Ota-lii Rivers has iiecn-the;6cene of mint strandings, and nas borne an evil reputation. The latest-victim wis the Indraba-rah. and as a lesson ta. been learned from her mishap, the Harbour Board decided to-night to draw tne attention of the Marine. Depaftraent to the number of vessels which have 'wen driven ashore on the coast in question.' ine Roard exnrei-sed the opinion that the _.>•._-. liv.- subject to rapidly changing ocean currente, which -were j-jstifnc'-'-Ui.'----defined on the charts and other piiblic.ilions. The Marine Deparfmeni is to be risked to take <teps at once to ascertain ir ihe-'i' be such currenrte ur I phenomena endang-ring sliipping an.i Jhv mercantile marine be fully a***f and warned through the-proper channels.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 4
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