Several of the Auckland motor craft which 'lmve been cruising .to the Bay of Plenty called in at. Slipper Island on the way back, and an inspection was made of the wrecked steamer Mairnia. Soon after the wreck the after portion of the steamer disappeared into fairly deep water, but Hie bows are still there, eanted and wedged in the same position as they were immediately after the vessel was piled up, on the night of June 6, 1926. All movable grar was long ago removed. The remains of the wreck nre often pounded by heavy sens, and it is surprising that the forepart has stood so long. The refusal of the fish merchants to take blue cod under a pound in weight from the Stewart Island fishermen has led to the fishermen taking independent action. The Stewart Island Fishermen’s Union is now endeavouring to dispose of the fish elsewhere (states the "Times.”)
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 130, 26 February 1929, Page 15
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