PORT NAPIER AFIRE, SPEEDS TO PORT.
“ MATCHES AND OIL KEEP EXPLODING.” Fcr Trees Association. WELLINGTON. August 25. The Secretary-General of the Post Office, Wellington, has received the following radio from Apia: “The Port Napier has diverted its course to Page Pago on account of fire on board. She expects to reach there at 6 p.m. to-day ‘Tn reply to a query as to whether her condition was serious the operator replied, ‘Not bad, but matches and oil keep exploding/*
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18550, 25 August 1928, Page 6
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79PORT NAPIER AFIRE, SPEEDS TO PORT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18550, 25 August 1928, Page 6
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