NO WRECKAGE SIGHTED
SEARCH NEAR PORANGAHAU GOVERNMENT STEAMER MATA! (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 10. No wreckage at sea in the vicinity of Porangahau was sighted by the Government steamer Matai, which arrived from the east coast lighthouses to-day. Captain Burgess, master of the Matai, states that the vessel arrived at Casllepoint from Wellington the day after the distress rockets were seen. After leaving Castlepoint Captain Burgess zig-zagged the Matai along the coast for about GO miles, searching the sea particularly near the Bay of Porangahau. but ho did not sight anv wreckage or floating oil.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22904, 11 June 1936, Page 10
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