DELAYED BY OCTOPUS.
An unusual cause is said to have contributed to the delav of the steamer Wes< tralia on the passage to Lyttelton from Dunedin on her way to Auckland. When, the vessel left Dunedin the engineers dis-f covered that the circulating pump was^ o * working in a satisfactory manner, this greatly reducing speed. At Lyttelton » diver made investigations and discovered* in the aperture of the pump the partly? mutilated body of a largo octopus. Wit" -difficulty it was removed? and roe&sered'; Bft from the e«i &i Ha ieWcjsß, ~ c ..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 8
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91DELAYED BY OCTOPUS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 8
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