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CRIES HEARD BY STEAMER PASSENGERS As the Tamahiue was steaming past Point Halswell last night oil her way back from Picton some of the passengers heard cries, whether for help or merely hails they could not tell. Bv the time it was reported to Captain McClellan the vessel was almost al The bl harbounnaster, Captain Dawson was informed, and he conmiunica ed with Captain Peterson, of the pilot; staff who took out the launch Atahhm about 10.30 p.m. For over an hour and a half the launch scoured the harbour, but could find no traces of a boat. The steamers John and Katoa, which arrived in the meantime, had also been communicated with by. morse and asked to keep a oo out, but neither vessel could see anv--4 As ° for several nights past rowing boats have been out in the harbour until earlv in the morning, and without lights', it is thought that the cries were 'probably hails from, one of these boats, which run a serious risk ot being run down by steamers entering or leaving the harbour.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 85, 9 January 1928, Page 3
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