STRANDED MORINDA.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS
(Received 11.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. Burns, Philp, Ltd., have sent their superintendent-engineer (Mr. Snellgrove) to inspect the Morinda, which is stranded on the Papuan coast. He will report as to the best means of refloating her.
A quantity of explosives have also been dispatched to be used in shattering the rock which is holding the vessel.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 301, 20 December 1928, Page 7
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61STRANDED MORINDA. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 301, 20 December 1928, Page 7
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