A STUPID HOAX. CAPTAIN BOLLONS’S COMPLAINT. WELLINGTON, August 3 Captain J. Bollons, of the Government steamer Tutanekai, reports that some campers on the beach near Terawhiti station on Saturday night apparently thought it good fun to cause his vessel to stop by morse lamp signalling the word “help” to the ship. ’The Tutanekai was returning after taking his Excellency the Governor-General to Nelson. When off Terawhiti station at 8.30 p.m. a large fire was observed on the beach, and someone ashore signalled “help” by morse code with a lamp. The ship’s wireless operator and the two officers read the word two or three times. The vessel was turned round and standing in close at the back of Karori Reck, sent a reply by morse. The people on the beach put out tV- fire, and made no reply to the • signal. CaptiVi Bollons points out the dangerous folly of such pranks, as a shipmaster may be inclined to believe that a real call for* help is merely a stupid hoax.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3726, 11 August 1925, Page 32
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