OBJECT IN BREAKERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 8

OBJECT IN BREAKERS.

SIGHTED ON WEST COAST.

IS IT A MISSING YACHT !

SEARCH BY 'PLANE SUGGESTED,

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

DARGAVILLE, this day.

Further information concerning the object, stated' to have been the white painted hull of a boat, which .was sighted in the breakers on the West Coast, below Glink's Gorge, on Thursday, reveals that the Harbourmaster, Captain Mitchell, investigated the matter. He discovered the object in the breakers, but the sea was very rough and the visibility poor. The captain states, however, that the object was about 40 feet in length.

A number of residents made a search on Good Friday afternoon, travelling down the beach by car from Dargaville for about 12 miles, but no trace of the object was found. Since the find was first reported, the wind has changed, blowing strongly from a northerly direction. This would have a tendency to blow the object away from the beach. A further search will probably be made.-

. Considerable interest attaches to the find in view of the fact that Mr. Hudson's yacht, which left New Plymouth in February, and also the Wellington yacht Windward on' its way from Chatham Islands, have not made port. On the other hand, a launch may have drifted from Hokianga, Kaipara, or. Onehimga harbours. In view of the uncertainty over the matter, it has been suggested that it might be advisable for the Government to make a reconnoitre of the coast by aeroplane. A 'plane would get a good taking-off point from the bcach at Bayly's Gorge, eight miles west of Dargaville, at low water. The beach is quite as wide, and as hard as the NinetyMile Beach.