Distress flare a hoax
A distress flare seen off Sumner early on Saturday morning has been dismissed as a hoax. “We felt that it was probably fired from land, not from sea,” said a police spokesman yesterday. The flare was fired just after midnight The police received about nine calls from people who saw it The naval reserve vrasel Kiwi, the Volunteer
Coastguard vessel Margaret, and the Sumner rescue boat were put on standby while the police investigated. The police, working with marine advisers, used radio and records to determine whether a vessel was in the area. They decided by about 1.30 a.m. that the flare was a hoax, and the vessels were . stood down. ■l'
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