LINER TO BE SOLD
STRANDED PORT BOWEN
Tenders for the disposal of the stranded liner Port Bowen are to be called in New Zealand and Australia next month. The main interest taken by tenderers will be in the steamer’s fittings, and there should be competition for her hull for scrap iron.
The -Port Bowen went aground off CastleclilT at midnight on July 19, when inward bound from Piclon, ana more than a month ago the Wanganui Harbour Board gave notice to the owners to remove the ship from the beach. All members of the crew have left. Wanganui, but two officers remain
attend settle up accounts contracted during the time attempts were made to remove the ship from the beach.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 5
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120LINER TO BE SOLD STRANDED PORT BOWEN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 20 November 1939, Page 5
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