NOT EXTENSIVE.
DAMAGE TO VERONICA. REPAIRS IN TEN DAYS. * STATEMENT BY COMMODORE. • Examination in dock of H.M.s. Veronica yesterday afternoon revealed that the damage to the sloop was not extensive. 1 'Although a detailed' survey of the Veronica, has yet to be completed. Commodore Blake said that no serious structural damage had been caused,' and it was expected that repairs would be effected in about ten days. "The sloop's hull has been strained througln the blows it received in the first earthquake shock at Napier," said the commodore. "However, as far as we can ...sec, the •damageJs and the,,vessel is quite seaworthy." 7
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 37, 13 February 1931, Page 8
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103NOT EXTENSIVE. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 37, 13 February 1931, Page 8
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