TEMPORARILY DISABLED.
MISHAP TO TE AWHINA. HAWSER FOULS PROPELLER. A hawser which got tangled in the propeller temporarily disabled the Auckland Harbour Board's tug To Awhma when she was docking tho sloops Veronica and Laburnum this morning. Tho hawser fouled the Te Avhina a screw shortly after she had taken the first of the sloops in tow. The sloop dropped anchor ni midstream, and a diving party was sent for from the naval yard. The naval diver succeeded in clearing the screw by mid-day, and the sloops were docked this afternoon.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1932, Page 8
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91TEMPORARILY DISABLED. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1932, Page 8
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