CARGO DAMAGED.
KIWITEA SPRINGS LEAK. [THE PRESS Special Service] AUCKLAND, September 19. After being severely buffeted by a southerly gale on" the West Coast, the Union Company's steamer Kiwitea developed a leak in her forward ballast tanks, and she had to return to Auckland for repairs. She arrived at 5 o'clock this evcoing, and berthed at the King'B Wharf. The Kiwitea sailed from Auckland for Westport at 9 o 'clock last Monday evening, and fine "weather was experienced to Cape Maria van Diemen, which she passed at 7 o'clock the following evening. On Wednesday morning the vessel encountered a southerly gale and high head seas. In the afternoon when the storm was at its height, water _waa discovered in No. 2 hold, owing to the forward ballast tank, underneath the hold, having developed a leak. The cargo on board, consisting of ctjipent, sugar, and a quantity of general merchandise, was stowed in No. 2 hold, and water damaged about half of it. The gale continued to blow throughout Wednesday night, and when, at five o'clock on Thursday morning there were no indications of conditions moderating, Captain Bilton decided to return to Auckland for repairs.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 16
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194CARGO DAMAGED. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20038, 20 September 1930, Page 16
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