MARINE CASUALTIES
J;.. NEW ZEALAND. TRADERS ■■. '• FIRE ON THE WHAKATANE By TckKTaph-Preas AeaociaUou-CopyriEiit London, May 5. The. Now Zealand Shipping Company's B fitcittocr Wliakatano, 575-1 tons gross, li.is arrived at St. Helena. She reports Vliat a fire broke out jn the ferepeak cm April 30, but, was extinguished after ■ livti hours. ■ i Only stores were damaged, j -Advices previously j-ec'oivcd by the local " nffieo of the New Konlaiul Shipping Com- !' pany would insiirtito that the NYhakatanc, e in command of Cap Vain Squires, is hound t for New Zcnltind in ballast. Sho is due ,i here about June & , i •WIHKLESS l'I?OM PERTHSHIRE, s MACHINRKY DBFBOtIVR. \ Durban., May 5. s The V. and S. litie-r Perthshire, 5577 'I tons, -xben GUI miles south of Dmban, i sent a wireless message that she was J rettirntnjr owing to her inavhiiH'ry being i deffclivo". ■ 1 The Perthshire, in command of Captain 1 Thompson, , loft London oh April 3 for j Australian ports to take the loading berth , for New York and Boston. Tho local office of the I l ', and S, Line iros advised on Tuesday that the I'crth'shit'e, after picking up a certain amount <if cargo at Commonwealth ports, would come on to New Zealand,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 5
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203MARINE CASUALTIES Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2142, 7 May 1914, Page 5
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