NIKAU STRIKES REEF
IN QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND VESSEL FLOATED OFF AT HIGH TIDE NO DAMAGE RECEIVED lUv i'elpgrapb Press Association! BLENHEIM, This Day. Feeling her way up Queen Charlotte Sound in heavy rain at 3 o’clock this morning, the motor vessel Nikau, of 248 tons, ran on a reef as she turned The Snout, a long point at the entrance to Picton Harbour, about three miles from the wharf. The vessel sustained no apparent damage and got off on the rising tide at 7.45 a.m. under her own power, with the assistance of a powerful launch. She proceeded to Picton and berthed at 8.20 a.m. The Nikau is owned by the Anchor Company and is commanded by Captain A. Eden, of Wellington. She has a complement of ten hands. A preliminary examination indicated that no harm was done to the plates and the vessel this afternoon resumes her journey from Tarakohe to Wellington with a cargo of cement. The Nikau is a frequent visitor to Picton in the course of coastal trading in the vicinity of Cook Strait. The mishap occurred when visibility was extremely low.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 17 November 1937, Page 6
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