THE DISCOVERY'S LEAKINESS.
Touching the matter of the Discovery's leakiness, the "Globe" says: "Tt seemed rather surprising that n A-essel so perfectly equipped should have to come again under the shipwright's hands before her real work had even begun, but if there is any truth in the statements which have been telegraphed from New Zealand regarding her. surprise may well give place to indignation. . . . We shall not assume, without furthier evidence, that all. or any of these statements, are true, but the fact that they have been published makes a strict investigation imperative. The Discovery is attempting a task of peculiar difficulty and danger, and . it would come as a great shock to learn that the lives of her crew had been endangered, through the carelessness of some shipwright who, even in such a case, could not forbear to scamp his work. A duty lies upon the Discovery's builders at once to explain this) extraordinary and. as it stands, most discreditable story; or, if they are not in a position to do so without inquiry, to lose no time in instituting an investigation which will enable the public to learn the truth."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7389, 15 February 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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192THE DISCOVERY'S LEAKINESS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7389, 15 February 1902, Page 2 (Supplement)
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