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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, etc.— continued.

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© §> Number of Nature of Number Wind. Date of Name, t,. ■£ ?? of Place where . , Casualty. I Age, and Class. Klg - ■&§ £ >» 3wn i Lives Casualty occurred. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. IZ 2 j gers Car g°* | Casualty. lost. Force . J 1927 - ! [ i 1 I Feb. 12 Oreti, s.s., 26 years ; Schooner ; 72 10 7 General, 5 tons Bumped bar .. Nil ; New River, N.Z. .. S.W. 1 4 Outward-bound vessel took her usual course F. Mackenzie. ; I J j over the bar, in accordance with semaphore 6 1 j | | direction made by the Harbourmaster. Vessel bumped on bar twice. Upon doekM J ! | | ing at Port Chalmers it was found that the j ! | ! brass shoe carrying the lower bearing pintle had broken away; a new shoe was cast and a fresh pintle fitted Feb. 14 Express, s.s., 45 Schooner 36 4 Nil 4 cwt. fish .. Shipped water and ' Nil Six miles off Otago S.W. 7-8 When taking in trawl, vessel rolled heavily, W. J. Anderson, years leaking badly j Heads j causing water to come in freely through topsides in bunkers below deck line and copper sheathing. As vessel was leaking badly, made for Port Chalmers, and just j | I managed to reach port under her own steam Feb. 16 | Wainui, s.s., 41 ! Schooner 411 32 31 General, 408 tons Wasted plate .. Nil Between Auckland and E. 2 Forecabin steward reported water in forward G. A. Grey, years Tokomaru Bay storeroom, and on investigation being made one of the plates on forward starboard side I j i was found to be rusted through Feb. 27 Cygnet, s.s., 42 Schooner 69 10 Nil General, 30 tons Grounded .. Nil Motunau Reef, off N.Z. | S.W. Strong While on a voyage from Wellington to Lyttel- L. Larsen. years ton vessel grounded on Motunau Reef. Cause of casualty was on account of ship being navigated too close to the outliers of Motunau Island. Weather conditions and visibility very bad at the time. Ship grounded for four minutes only. Slight damage to ship Court delivered an oral judgment to the effect J. Neal. that cause of collision was that the ' | " Ahuriri" did not have a light showing, Mar. 7 | Ahuriri, s.s., 40 Ketch .. 33 4 Nil Nil .. "| J as required by the Collision Regulations, J. P. Owen. I years j j and that collision was due to very great : Elsie Mary, o.e.v., Schooner 60 j 7 Nil Coal, 129 tons .. .. j Nil Hauraki Gulf, N.Z. .. .. <J carelessness on the part of that vessel. The 26 years | j <. Court ordered the master and owner of the J " Ahuriri" to pay a sum of £24 to cover the cost of the inquiry, and £5 5s. to each of the other parties, making a total of | [ £34 10s. Mar. 23 Kaitangata, s.s., Schooner 1,195 32 Nil General, 1,400 Small hole in plating Nil Lat. 36-40° S., long. N.W. 4 Chief engineer reported water making in A. B. Sizer. 20 years tons i 159'50° E., Tasman : engine-room bilges, starboard side. A small Sea hole was found in steel plating. Wooden j plug fitted. No damage Mar. 30 Wetere, s.s., 13 F. and A. 45 8 Nil Timber, 17,000 Grounded .. Nil Mokau River bar, N.Z. S.W. Light .. Vessel grounded in taking the Mokau bar, 1 T. Henderson, years ft. j I owing to shoaling up of sand in the channel. Apparently unavoidable. Slight damage to I vessel. I I I