AN ELUSIVE SHOAL.
A shoal alleged to exist in the Waitara roadstead occupied the attention of the Government steamer Hinemoa during last week, but' when that vessel returned to Wellington on Friday last Captain Bollons reported to the Marino Department that , he had failed to locate the obstruction. It appears, that some little time back the master of the steamer Kanieri informed the master of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Kaikoura that there was a shoal in the roadstead, and he gave the bearings. Captain McKellar, noticing that' such a shoal, if it existed, was not charted, passed the information on to the Marine Department, and the Hinemoa was commissioned to make a search. ' Beautiful weather and smooth seas favoured the search, but though the Hinemoa spent a whole day "sweeping" the sea in the vicinity, she discovered nothing. It may be assumed, therefore, that if any shoal exists, the bearings given were not quite accurate. / ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14313, 8 March 1910, Page 7
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156AN ELUSIVE SHOAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14313, 8 March 1910, Page 7
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