WANTED-A ROCKET LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS.
• Sir,—X desire, with your,.'pemissdon, tio call- ' aLttoiitipn -to ; the,! need' existing for: a' rocket apparatus station: at. Island' Bay, as the coastlino .thereaboutsNi?': extrcpicly. dangerous,..and; 'is much by; vessels-' of all descriptions going through • the : Strait.: : Tlip_ dangers ■ to' 1 to" the sea in, .ships', 'are'numerous,. a£ togs, storms, and Jjreakddwns ; ocqur|'-baffling the most: experienced mariners. Therefore it behoves us'on snore ■.to; be .ready to do ;our.,.utmost,'.whep._-help is*' needed.-;. The rocket; apparatus, and lifeboats of the good old British itype,are l painfully conspicuous "by tUe:r almost -non-existence around New. Zealand's rstbrm-sweptcoast.: Thanking youfor your pub-, licity to thi9 matter,—l am, etc., ' A.W. ' ' " ' • ■ ' i i
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 5
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108WANTED-A ROCKET LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 5
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