MATAI'S SEARCH
NO SIGN OF WRECKAGE (By Telegraph— l'ress Association.) AUCKLAND, June 10. No wreckage at sea in the vicinity of Porangahau was sighted by the Government steamer Matai, which arrived from East Coast lighthouses today. Captain Burgess, master of the Matai, states the vessel arrived at Castlepoint from Wellington the day after the distress rockets were seen. After leaving Castlepoint Captain Burgess zigzagged the Matai along the coast for about sixty miles searching the sea, particularly near the bay of Porangahau, but did not sight wreckage or floating oil.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 137, 11 June 1936, Page 10
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90MATAI'S SEARCH Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 137, 11 June 1936, Page 10
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