THE WRECKED STEAMER TASMANIA.
(Per United Press Association.) GISBORNE, March 5. Hopes are still held in Gisborno that some day the hull of the wrecked steamer Tasmania and the cargo will be raised. A local syndicate claim to bo the owners, and to havo legal documonts showing the sale to thorn, but acknowledge Mr Rothschild's right to the jewellery. Originally Mr Porter set out from Auckland to see what could be done with the wreck. His- little vessel was wrecked on the way down, A local syndicate then took up the matter in conjunction with Mr Porter. They fitted out a vessel and appliances, and spent a considerable sum in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain salvage. They claim to have purchased the wreck from Mr Rothschild, hoping that Belle's patent would prove effective They parted with a certain interest provisionally for paid-up shares, but the Bella Company did not prospc-r. The wrecked vessel is believed to be lying upright o.n a. hard bottom, and embedded in about 6ft of sand.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12604, 6 March 1903, Page 5
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