N.Z. MINE-SWEEPER.
* EIESCUEID' BY U.S.I^ORUTSEB. BY CABLE —CHESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT WASHING!ON, Nov. 20. The Navy Department has been ailvised that* the United Suites cruiser Pittsburgh is towing into Honolulu tno crippled New Zealand mine-sweeper. VVakakura, which was picked tip ju roil'di seas on Friday aitemoon. 'lhe. Wakakura, which was en route from San Francisco to Honolulu, was sighted in trouble with part ol hei machinery broken. The Pittsbui - which was bound lor Manila., rounded to in the storm, and sent a boat A* take off the machinist and the broken the cruiser’® mechanics .sought to repair this part, the seas grew wilder and the Pittsburgh commander* decided finally to take the Whakakura, in tow. , . , The report stated that the time ol reaching Honolulu would depend on the weather condition experienced.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 November 1926, Page 5
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