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Dec. 23 Remuera, s.s., 15 Schooner 7,113 153 I 500 General .. | Fire .. .. Nil Lat. 1-51° S., long. Fire.. .. Smoke observed coming from No. 1 ventilator, j J. J. Cameron, years | I 90-15° W., Pacific No. 1 hatch opened and fire located in after Ocean chamber No. 1 tween-deck. Water played j j j on and fire extinguished 7* Dec. 28 Kapiti, s.s., 24 Schooner 113 12 Nil General, 80 tons Leaking .. .. Nil Wanganui, N.Z. .. .. .. On taking off hatches from fore hold it was W. H. Sawyers. years ! j i found there was about 3 ft. of water in j jT*. ] I hold. Cause of damage not known, as leak | is under water-line at bottom of hold f . Not Northumberland, F. and A. 7,229 80 | Nil General, 11,000 Engine trouble .. Nil Unknown: Between .. .. On examination at Auckland of port H.P. C. S. Broughton. O* known s.s., 10 years tons ! United Kingdom and turbine it was found that the impulse New Zealand blading in wheel and top half of casing had carried away, also the nozzle-plate was badly damaged. Cause, date, and locality 1927. j I | j unknown Jan. 4 Clansman, s.s., 44 Schooner 338 31 j 53 Nil .. .. Leaking .. .. Nil Auckland, N.Z. .. E. Light .. Just before sailing-time a small hole was dis- E. J. Keatley. years I covered in ship's bottom under the boilers. It was plugged and filled over with cement and made watertight. While berthing the hulk "Arawatta" with H. W. Gardner, the tug " Terawhiti," alongside the s.s. Jan. 13 Devon, s.s., 19 Schooner 5,561 105 j Nil General ** |1 1 "Devon" in the stream, the "Devon's" years . j Collision .. Nil Wellington Harbour, f N.W. I 8 , stern sheered to port and her stern struck Arawatta, hulk in Hulk ., j .. .. j . . Coal .. .. I y N.Z. \ Squalls ! 10 j the " Arawatta" just forward of break of tow of s.s." Tera- j j j i 1 poop. Her propel lor apparently pieced the whiti" j jj | " Arawatta's" hull, for she began to make I : L water. Hulk was beached at Kaiwarra Jan. 25 Echo, o.e.v., 22 Ketch .. 99 10 Nil General, 100 tons Engine trouble .. Nil Cook Strait, N.Z. .. N.E. Breeze When crossing Cook Strait the forward cylinder F. G. L. Radyears I of the port engine carried away above the ford. | I holding-down bolts Jan. 25 i Northumberland, Schooner [7,229 85 j Nil General, 7,000 | Struck submerged Nil Lat. 38-41° S., long. Light .. The Court found that the vessel while on a C. S. Broughs.s., 10 years tons rock 178-14° E., off New voyage from Auckland to Napier, and while ton. Zealand taking the usual course, which according to the chart was a safe and proper one, struck a submerged rock, and that no blame is attachable to any one When leaving Queen's Wharf master of J. Smith. | # "Kiwi" saw launch crossing on starboard Feb ' 2 Mi«T?ffli' 0 32yearS Wh" 79 4 30 Xil ' ' "V CoUision .. Nil Auckland, N.Z. .. Calm .. <( bow. Ported helm, but as launch's steering Miss Billie .. Launch ....... .. j gear had broken down, she did not give me L. Davey. room to keep clear. Went full speed I astern, but could not avoid collision Feb. 8 Theresa Ward, s.s. Ketch .. 75 8 Nil Nil .. .. Grounded .. Nil Off Bluff Harbour, N.Z. E. 2 After putting pilot aboard s.s. "Port Camp- G. N. Lindsay. bell," which was lying off Bluff Harbour, | and when returning to port, the weather i being foggy, apparantly the master got too , close to the shore, and in turning ran j I m xt-1 aground. No damage to vessel. Feb. 10 (.'aim, s.s., 17 years j Schooner 523 19 Ail General, 430 tons Grounded .. Nil Wanganui River, N.Z. Calm .. When proceeding up Wanganui River the ' R» V. Manson. white light at Putiki was not clearly visible, ! and vessel struck on soft bank of mud, slightly off line of beacons. No damage.