TURAKINA’S FATE.
BROADCAST FROM BERLIN. NAZIS REPORT SINKING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 2a. Five days have now elapsed since the wireless message was received from the steamer Turakina revealing that she was being attacked by a raider m the Tasman, and nothin w more has been heard of her. The Turakina has been overdue at a New Zealand port since last Wednesday morning. Captain J . Laird, who commands the lurakina, has with him four deck officers and about 50 other members of the crew. She left, an .Australian port to load in New Zealand. A cablegram from Berlin'''''says the German High Command has announced'- ‘Our sea forces have sunk the iurakma in Australian waters.” Mr John Donald, of Westmere, has stated that the Derby winner Coronach, who on Saturday .was reported to have been sh.pped on the Turakiua, was not on that vessel.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 6
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