NOT FROM JOSEPH CONRAD
WRECKAGE FOUND AT PORANGAHAU By Telegraph—Press Association HASTINGS, June 10 The opinion that the wreckage found on the beach at Porangahau could not have originated from the Joseph Conrade was expressed by Mr W. Falconer, a marine engineer, who sailed in the vessel from Ipswich to Melbourne before she proceeded to New Zealand, and who is at present on a visit to Hastings.
Mr Falconer said it was extremely unlikely that the Joseph Conrad would be in the vicinity of the New Zealand coast as, after going to New Guinea with a party of gold prospectors he had on board, the master was anxious to return to England and would not therefore come back towards the New Zealand coast. The wreckage did not resemble in the least any equipment which, to his knowledge, was on board the Joseph Conrad. She had only one small hatch cover on which was a brass plate with the name of the vessel inscribed. He also did not think the mast block washed up on the beach last Friday belonged to the Joseph Conrad, as her blocks were all steel fixtures.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 8
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