LOSS OF THE NGAHERE.
LESSON FOR THE FUTURE.
" The loss of the Ngahere should 'riot encourage recriminations, bat should be accepted as a lesson from which much good can be derived," remarks a Greymouth paper. "It "was most unfortunate that the Ngahere mishap occurred just when the board is considering schemes to attract more seaborne traffic' to Greymouth. Shippers may remember the loss of the Ngahere without also recalling how it was brought about. Efforts must be made to emphasise that Greymouth is quite safe for ships, if Nature's vagaries are always prepared against. Nothing should be permitted to ihduce a sense of false security, and it is better to be too ■careful than to risk further wrecks. The question of a little extra expense should not be a deciding factor in the stay of a vessel at the wharf, nor in the use of the tug, when the bar is not on its best behaviour."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18730, 9 June 1924, Page 8
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156LOSS OF THE NGAHERE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18730, 9 June 1924, Page 8
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