CRASH INTO WHARF.
AORANGI AT SUVA.
NO DAMAGE TO VESSEL. SUVA. July 1. The Aorangi from Auckland, with the New Zealand and Australian delegates to the Ottawa Conference on board, was approaching the King's Wharf at Suva today, when the ebb tide caught hei ? bow and the ship crashed into the wharf at an angle of 60 degrees. The wooden decking and beams of the wharf were broken to a depth of 30ft., but the ship was not damaged. The Aorangi sailed at 3 p.m. for Vancouver. The damage to the wharf probably will amount to £2OOO.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21224, 2 July 1932, Page 9
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