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THE WRECK OF THE DUNDONALD.

MAGISTERIAL ENQUIRY. AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT. BY TEMSOIJAFH—I'KESS ASSOCIATION. INVERCARGILL, December 4. The magisterial enquiry into the wreck of the Dundonald on Disappointment Island was held, today, before Mr McCarthy, S.M., Captain S. N. McKenzie (Bluff harbour master) and Captain Silba, of. Whakatane. The evidence given by the second and third mates and by Finlon, who was the look-out man on the night of the wreck, disclosed nothing new. It was not known whether the vessel or the cargo were insured. The findings ot the court will be given in the ordinary way. As the result of the representations of the Mayor to Mr Waite, curator of the Canterbury Museum, the boat made by the Dundonald's survivors will be allowed to remain here and be exhibited in the afternoon for the benefit of the survivors of the wreck. Many people paid to see the boat,' but the amount of the takings is not available.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8996, 5 December 1907, Page 5

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THE WRECK OF THE DUNDONALD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8996, 5 December 1907, Page 5

THE WRECK OF THE DUNDONALD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8996, 5 December 1907, Page 5