WRECK OF THE KOTUKU.
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE. {BY TELEGEAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Gketmooth, Tuesday. Tjie nautical inquiry into the wreck of the s.s. Kotuku was continued to-day, when the evidence of the second officer, steersman, and signal station master was taken. The evidence is of a very contradictory nature, the vessel's officers swearing that the vessel did not touch the south breakwater, and the signal station master contending that the vessel crashed into it stern first, and was held fast for five or «ix minutes. The inquiry is creating a good deal of interest locally, and is expected to last for another two days. i ■ iii
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15005, 29 May 1912, Page 8
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104WRECK OF THE KOTUKU. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15005, 29 May 1912, Page 8
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