LAUNCH STOPPED
SHOT FIRED ACROSS BOWS When a launcn was attempting to, leave the Waitemata harbour on; Thursday night by a prohibited, channel a shot was fired across heri bows from one of the coastal bat- j teries. i The launch hove-to and later re-; tinned to repo-t to the hattery. ' Residents of the North Shore and Mission Bay report having been awakened by the sound of the shot. The effect was accentuated by the calm weather conditions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 9
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78LAUNCH STOPPED Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 9
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