Fisheries Coy Abandons “Futurist”
P.A. WELLINGTON, March 21. The trawler Futurist has been declared a total loss, and no effort will be made to shift the stranded vessel from its present resting place on Long Point reef. This information was received to-day from Mr R. S. Alward, managing director, New Zealand Fisheries, who said that when Captain A. Sutherland had made his report to the owners, it was decided to abandon the vessel. Captain Sutherland stated the Futurist’s hull was so badly damaged that she would probably sink in a few moments 1 if taken from the reef. He did not think it would be possible to recover anything from the vessel before it broke up.
The Futurist’s grounding will be subject to a Departmental inquiry, at which it will be decided whether or not there are grounds for a Magisterial inquiry.
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Grey River Argus, 22 March 1947, Page 3
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