STEAMER ASHORE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18591, 27 June 1922, Page 5

STEAMER ASHORE

ON THE KAWAU) NEAR AUCKLAND.

SUGAR COMPANY’S EONA’ AGEOTJND.

POSITION NOT VERY SERIOUS.

(Pa Ukitko Press Association.# - ~ ■ AUCKLAND, June, 26:' A wireless message received from that® .. Colonial Sugar Company’s steamer Bona at 7.5 p.m says that she is aground on a flat rock near Kawau, about 28 miles from - = Auckland. k ~ The forepart is the only part of the vessel on the rock, but the hold is full of water, s A hulk, labour, and a tug only are rth. quired to. lighten the vessel, which is lying ; -j quiet. As far as is known the position is > not very serious. ; ’“JfcJ TUG GONE TO ASSISTANCE. ,•> 7000 TONS OF SUGAR ABOARD. -i WEATHER FAVOURABLE. AUCKLAND, June 26. The Harbour Board’s tug left- for tha/i----scene at 9.46 p.m. to render immediate assistance.* She carried 14 waterside * workers. Another tug left at 11 with two sugar lighters in tow and another3o men. A hulk is to leave in the morning ' with a pulsometer pump and relief .cnew^v'’' 1 The Rona was bound from Fiji with, tons of sugar. _ . ~ ” ’ / The weather is showery with a light, south-west wind. The sea is smooth. ; The latest message, timed 10.30 pint?'states that the ship’s bow is _ fast on tho rock, and her engines are going ahead to ■. keep her there. She is lying There is no eea, and the hatches are fas-'*' ■. teued down in case die slips off at water. It is thought that she is safe tor v ’ the present. y-s