A TROUBLESOME RIVER BAR.
(SPBCTAI. TO "THR PRESS.")
PATEA, February 21. The entrance to the Patea bar continues te give eorioue trouble to shipping. When ftj._ ' ' 8.8. Hawera. had got about 100 yards oiifiside ,*" - the bar on Thursday, en loute for*W«fline»' '. ton, ebe etruck.tho bottom co heavily tisl ebe badly damaged her rudder post, lairing a hole at the upper portion, where -water could enter. The etesmor letnrncd to ih» wharf, wh«re her cargo of meat for Home ehipm-ent wus taken out end traneferrtd to • the works. It is probable that the vc»«tl will be beached, and temporary repaiia «f----iected to enable her to proceed to Wellington where ehe wQI be placed on the el in for r.ecceeary wpaire. '
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14908, 23 February 1914, Page 8
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119A TROUBLESOME RIVER BAR. Press, Volume L, Issue 14908, 23 February 1914, Page 8
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