TAHITI DISASTER.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20093, 24 November 1930, Page 13

TAHITI DISASTER.

r ®°Dß AUTHOR'S TRIBUTE,

fori that the Tahiti was Port Kingston reE. Corkill, of Welling-fellow-countryman, Sir Caine, had written "The Port Kingston," and he forwarded him copies of a. Weekly News" containtejZjjPtwna of the disaster. The author replied as follows : W Corkill: Your letter of was handed to me on m y #ister-in-law. I hasten iST*? ?° u J or your kind thou Khfulme the 1 Auckland 51 rS) which I am enabled tk* u ln Tahiti my old of *?® gston ' t ' 1e baek- ■ s°° °f 1907, entitled -fc. » jhe Port Kingston.' thrilling account ieln «« 0 ? , e ® keep ;i float I had no idea was a vessel so closely personal experiI*®*jae ii.„ 8 th® strain at Jamaica 5* fikf • ear thquake, her decks ■s*' a W®fc* >er ?* ln 6 theatre. And, fptekt •»»,_ ' such service, she j* ®e»n» nf _ w ho cared, or had J*. Paying for tlio voyag© '£< ind"*? fefi P° ne to hor eternal of «bT ," a t something has '» the fcS," I think of f her £*°f manv waters J We &?g Pacific Ocean, b ? eyes on _ ' n the hope ot mv j r beautiful land, as bv « —llaskins, nf a native of ICew "in 10, 1 »m nfn - v t0 ! f,x P :md - and " * w WL»? Tlnced - TP; RATtt® and best thanks. > WH HALL CAINE."