NO FURTHER DANGER
DISABLED SHIP AWAHOU PASSENGERS TRANSFERRED PA WELLINGTON. Oct. 12. The seven passengers on board the former New Zealand coastal ship Awahou. which was reported on Monday to be in a sinking condition 200 miles north of Fiji with RNZAF Catalinas maintaining a watch overhead, have been safely transferred to the Carpenter Line vessel Lakemba. The Awahou has been taken in tow by the vessel Bengei, and all three vessels are understood to be heading for Suva, report's the RNZAF news service. The Awahou is in no further danger, according to a message from the commanding officer at Lauthala Bay received at RNZAF headquarters, Wellington, to-day. The patrolling aircraft are accordingly returning to their base.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27210, 13 October 1949, Page 5
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117NO FURTHER DANGER Otago Daily Times, Issue 27210, 13 October 1949, Page 5
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