ATTACK ON TURAKINA
Nothing' More Heard Oi Ship For Five Days OVERDUE IN NEW ZEALAND Five days have now elapsed since a Wireless message was received from the steamer Ttirakina reporting that she Was being attacked and gunned by a raider in the Tasman Sea, and nothing more has been heard of her. The Tukakina has been overdue at a New Zealand port since last Wednesday evening. Captain J. Laird, who commands the Turakina, has with him four deck officers and about 50 other members of the crew. The Turakina left an Australian port to load in New Zealand. STUD HORSE MAY HAVE BEEN ABOARD (By Telegraph—Dress Association.) WANGANUI, August 24. Though no 'Certainty exists, is thought that two horses scut from England for residents in the 'Wanganui district may have been shipped in the Ttirakina, which was attacked by a raider in the Tasman Sea. The five-year-old horse Golden Eagle, which is being shipped to Mr. Grogan, Westmere, for stud purposes, left England in July, and about the same time the English Derby winner Coronach was shipped for Air. J. G. Alexander, Maxwell. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, Wellington, have been advised by Mr. John Donald, Westmere, that Coronach was,not in the Turakina.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 284, 26 August 1940, Page 6
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204ATTACK ON TURAKINA Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 284, 26 August 1940, Page 6
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