ARRIVAL OF THE TAURANGA.
SURRENDER OF SIX KAffiAJ^\ £ The s.s. T^ranga.-^pitaffitßolgM arrMdinl harbour Jms^fioriiirijA ,frOffiri^Tamnga.jJ£iShe| brings v^»;lit't^e'pewraf in^est_,p> ; .\,^ ; ■#* On Tv-May Mt 'six^f/Teltooti's'men were brought iiM'^-^ranga, having been escorted. down froffif/ o™®^^ 06 on c cowM^y tn? Arawas, \^re tM_^had sjp»Meredr £ Shortly aTt-tftwdepaau^pfftheTauran^i, last ev^n^ff-nufacc^^^appened^^KK'h .tfro^en^aad ..a&aj_row escape, pij losliltf'their 'lives'- ; ,GaptainCarnuchaelirblielj^ilob atyTaura'nga.;]cdque3lted Captain JBolge^i to give His bqat.»» itpw &wn the fiEpr. ...Th^ request" wus" cOmpliqcf "with, and the boat floij_ainihg the Jw/> .men atodva'.quan|iit/of'provisiqnl___&c., was. madeifast to the.at_ahie^ When' She reached the Mount, the pilot was requested to leaie -the.«teanier,^bul-iieiused^ eßayiogvhfiwWQuld-^go-as far as the reef. The sea was running very high at. this time, 'land i-fiie, men in the boat repeatedly called to Captain Carmichael to leave„thftste J ftm,er.,- v .The-pilp.t,„hqwaw^^^ no notice, and while" down in the cabin, endeavouring to obtain another glass of brandy, the boat was swamped, and the men precipitated into the water, one of them bein<* cut severely in the side by a blow from the fan. Captain Bolger immediately stopped the vessel, and a boat was lowered. After pulling about some -little .time the. , two .men picked up clinging to, the boat in an exhaustpd state. They were taken on board the steamer, and Captain Bolger very kindly put the* steamer about and landed the pilot and.men at the nearest place to their homes. Everyf thing in the boat was of course' lost.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 131, 10 June 1870, Page 2
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230ARRIVAL OF THE TAURANGA. Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 131, 10 June 1870, Page 2
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