THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TAURANGA.
Another relic from the ill-fated steamer Tauranga has turned up during the past week, in the shape of a mail bag, which was washed ashore at Wangaroa, about eighty miles from the spot where the collision occurred. It was picked up by the natives, one of whom, on Friday, gave information to Mr. Thon as Hansen, of Piireroa. The informant stated that the natives, thinking the bag was a relic of the Tauranga, opened it, when they found inside letters and papers — some of the hitter illustrated —in a state of preservation. Mr. Hanson v.as going to Wanaaroa yesterday (Sunday), for the recovery of the bag and its contents, which he will at once forward on to Auckland. It may bo remembered that only one of the two mail bags lost with the Tauranga bad been recovered previous to this find, an-'l in the uissing bag it was said there were several letters containing money. It is to be regretted that the natives did not at once hand over Ihe bag without breaking the soul.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 282, 5 December 1870, Page 2
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181THE LOSS OF THE S.S. TAURANGA. Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 282, 5 December 1870, Page 2
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