THE STRANDED WETERE.
. 1 > I I , 111 I 6 [-B.ALVA.G.E -.WORKPRGCEISpj&|Q. ' POSITION .NOW SATISFACTORY, .T-Offs .■ j ;';. NEW rL?MODTS. .'E3urSay.' was received from Mobi&u "to-<day to- the; effect that the. Wetere, 'the sijiall steamer wj rich became stranded;.; oa~'(the beach just north of the mouth: of ' the Mo kau . Riyer yesterday • morning;,- , had. bcea moved.. 57ft. ~iGC;afOT-,, to, tie ' river. Two, stout lings were, run yesterday .apd anchored ,in the.; river, , the steamer pulling on these with her winches.- ■■■■" r . Although: nearer, to.-. tjxe r monith ,of ; , the river,•' the.: vessel is .now., a-little higher on the beach. To-day the sea was much calmer, and the position, WSs considered quite satisifacory.. It is, Ispected that three more flood tides will sullice to move the Weter«. over the..reruaißder of :the-dis-tance separating it -from the*river.. channel, which ,is about "150 ft. 1 -. - '■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19601, 1 April 1927, Page 10
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139THE STRANDED WETERE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19601, 1 April 1927, Page 10
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