WAIKOUAITI’S CARGO
FIFTY TONS SALVAGED. (per press association.] INVERCARGILL, December 2. Approximately 50 tons of cargo, salvaged from the Waikouaiti, were landed at Bluff, last evening. It consisted principally of Australian wines, a large number of ingots of tin, chests of tea. electrical appliances, cases of Japanese silk goods, and various sundries. It is now reported that water has found its way into No. 3 hold, and that the ship is working badly. The list has increased, and the foremast is working ominously. A man with a wide engineering experience, who visited the ship on Thursday afternoon, said it was unfortunate that the necessary insurance regulations appeared to have delayed the salvage operations for two whole days, each of which had been ideal for the job. The weather is cold with a northeast wind this morning, But it is expected that the salvage work will continue, to-day. An attempt will be made to work the ship by steam.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1939, Page 6
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