Search not yet official
No decision lias yet been made to mount an official search for the 28ft ketch Veronica — -now five days overdue at Lvttelton.
; Nothing has been seen or j I heard of the Veronica and her >! three-man crew since she ;!sailed from Gisborne on AugJust 16, bound for Dunedin via i (Lyttelton. The ketch carried fuel and 11 stores for seven days, and i was due to call at Lyttelton ;' last Thursday. Regular radio broadcasts have drawn no response from the overdue vessel, and • coastal shipping and commer- ; cial aircraft — which were . asked to watch for her — iihave reported no sightings, i The police said last eventing that the decision on ’! whether an official search 'would be mounted now- lay uwith the search and rescue ; division of the Ministry of (Transport in Auckland. The Veronica was being 1: taken from Gisborne to ! Dunedin by her new owner, JMr R. W. Hay, of Ivanhoe !,Road. Dunedin. The other ■ 'two men on board are Messrs ; R. A. Hoskyn, of 13 Bayview 'Road, Takapuna, Auckland, ■ and W. G. Comthwaite, of 64 I'Kupe Street, Orakei, Auckland. I
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33932, 27 August 1975, Page 16
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186Search not yet official Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33932, 27 August 1975, Page 16
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