MISHAP TO CRUISER.
OBSOLETE CHART USEB^ * DEMAND FOR A RE-SURVEY. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY.. July 24. /:-r!-;-The cruiser Brisbane, which went ashore :at Bootless Islet, 20 miles i from; Port 7 Moresby, was towed off by the warship " '■ Marguerite. , ■ ■-■■< ■■■■■.-■< At tho tima. of thei mishap ?he was -following a course which was. laid down in ; ihe Admiralty charts many years ago for ;-Bailing vessels. -Locally these charts are cbnsfdered to be obsolete and unsafe. The accident has led to demand -for a re■urvey. • ''■'. , <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 9
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83MISHAP TO CRUISER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 9
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