STEAMER DISABLED.
TOWED BACK TO AUCKLAND. DESTINED FOR OYSTER TRADE. J By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The email steamer Kawau, which left Auckland for Bluff on Sunday, broke down in the Hauraki Gulf and wa& towed back to port by a passing ’ trawler. The Kawau is to be used at Bluff as an oy,ster trawler. The Kawau’s pump, broke down and the engines .stopped. The sea was rough and the vessel was in danger of drifting ashore on the Great Barrier. A good deal of repair work will be neetled before the voyage is resumed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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96STEAMER DISABLED. Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1924, Page 6
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