Discovery of Wreckage.
» ... •.•.-..■ : (BY TEIAS&KAPH; (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION".) ■ Wellington, July 17. It having b"en reported to the • Secretary of the Marine Department th it a quautity of wreckage had been washed ashore about three miles norch of Opunake,,the signalman at that place was directed to make a oareful search along the beach, and report upon the same. He states that he examined the wreckage, which is on the beach north of Te Nama pah, and that if> consists ot portion of a vessel's deck-house, che timber of which is kauri and painted white. The wreck ot a boat buiit ot kauri, painted black, two ash oars 7 feet long,branded with broad arrows on ! the bla.ies, and one boat yard 12 feet long. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 190, 18 July 1883, Page 2
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