WRECKED FLYING BOAT
INSURED FOR FULL VALUE SHIPMENT FOR RE-CONSTRUCTION LITTLE DAMAGE TO MAILS United Press ssn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnij (Received Dec. 14, 11.15 a.m.) DARWIN, Dec. 14 The flying-boat, Coorong, which it is understood" was insured for its full value of £60,000 will be dismantled where it lies and shipped to England to be re-constructed. Although the Darwin postal officials refuse to make available the amount of the mails aboard the Coorong* the percentage damaged, and the addresses of consignment, it is known that the mails suffered little damage and are consigned mostly to Brisbane, Sydney and New Zealand.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20679, 14 December 1938, Page 7
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