THE TAVIUNA.
RE-FLOATING PROSPECTS.. ' '•• Cbi tei-fgkapij.—rnEss ■'Vssocjatios.v Wostport, April '26. In connection with the stranded Taviunij a heavy anchor and cable was laid to-day to keep the vessel in hor present'position. Tho water is too 011 board to allow of steam being got up, but Mr., Daniclls anticipates getting a. donkey-engine > aboard : to-morrow, and pumping out the water. ; As far as can bo at present ascertained, the "water has got in: through the ports. There does not appear to be other damage. Tho chances of flotation are . considered to bo favourable. . AT CONSIGNEES' RISK. ' : : (bt telegraph.—special correspondent). Creymouth, 'April ; 26. The Taviuni's cargo includes 400 tons for Groymouth, mostly uninsured.. Tho consignees usually take-tho riskr-this time to their disadvantage. ■' . The Mapourika, which . arrived froirf the West Coast on' Saturday ;night, 'brought .twenty. seamen from tho Taviuni. \v
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 8
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137THE TAVIUNA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 8
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