WRECKED MANAIA.
VESSEL TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE.
SOME CARGO SALVAGED.
(BY TELEGRAPH' PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND. June 14.
At the northern wharf this morning the steamer Rinm and the auxiliary scow Motu were- busily engaged in discharging the salvaged cargo from the Manaia.
The Motu, whieli was the first vessel to arrive at the scene of the wreck, reached Auckland on Saturday morning, When standing by on Friday a quantity of cargo, including a number of bales of hemp, was taken out of the Manaia ’s after hold an.J stored on board the scow. On learning that the Rimu had! been; despatched from Auckland and, in view of the fact that the Manaia was in no. immediate danger, the Motu left Slipper Island for the city on Friday afternoon. The Manaia, as is the case with all other vessels of the Northern Company’s fleet, was covered by a T.L.O. (total loss only) policy, the amount of which is not at present available. The value of the vessel was something over £20,000. At a conference of the directors and the underwriters, held this morning, it wds decided that the Manaia will be offered, for sale, as she now lies. Her cargo will not be included in the sale.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 June 1926, Page 5
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