Radio Hoax About Boat Wreck
(New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, August 16. The Invercargill police are trying to trace the source of a radio message—believed to be a hoaxreceived by Awarua Radio at 2.15 on Saturday morning which said that a Bluff fishing boat had been wrecked near the Auckland Islands. The message said the crew were safe, but did not name the boat. A check has shown that no Bluff fishing boat is in trouble.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28976, 18 August 1959, Page 22
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76Radio Hoax About Boat Wreck Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28976, 18 August 1959, Page 22
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