THE AUCKLAND ROCK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 4

THE AUCKLAND ROCK.

(Per, Press Association.) ,; , N^I>IER, last night-/ \ '.. "When reading the'preface^ -„to Mr Nelson's .pamphlet,";;says Captain Lake, bar bornifister a^ .. Napier, m a ; report p jf £&' sented to the "Napier Harbor Board rodav, "I noticed that he. had a ixtragraph referring to the Tajrawera. mishap, which; reads'as follows:— 'I am "informed by seafaring men m responsible positions, who, .were eye-witnesses, that the Tara. : \ver ( a was not stranded on tlie Auckland sock, but on a shoal within the breakwater : harbor. , If that, is the; case, tlie survey made by Mr McU'cluuit. is "evidently not accurate at the" present time.'. Now, fiir,' ' continues Captain Lake,. ;' 'this - ; is an absolute untruth, as -the ship' was as nearly on the pinnacle of the Auck-: land rock as: it was possible Co be. which' can also be proved by the signed and sworn depositions of tlie master and officers;, ' now: m possession of the Marine, Department. As tho Auckland rook lies to the north of the break waiter, hrtibor limit, the vessel could -not, therefore, have been within,- that limit, and there' is no t other /shoal to the north of the wharves, excepting foul ground around tho Auckland rock, which is marked by buoys gazetted and approved by the Marine Department.; ' The statement: made, casts an unfair reflection upon the Board's officials, myself m particular, as; I -am responsible to the Board for in-' formation iipon these" matters, . and I' trust that you will refute 'them." Tlie letter was Received. ,