EXPLOSIVES VESSEL
Miro Arrives at Napier An unusual visitor to the Napier Breakwater yesterday was the ketchrigged vessel Miro, with a cargo of commercial explosives for discharge. The white paint and the trim lines of the boat lect it to be mistaken from a distance for a sea-going yacht. Of 30 tons register, the vessel arrived. at 7.45 a.m. yesterday from Waikokopu and Auckland, and sailed this moraing for Wellington, Dunedin, Greymouth,. Westport and Auckland. Captain H. B. Lane, who is relieving the regular master, Captain W. Monaghan, for th© present trip, stated that the demand for explosives in Napier had fallen considerably in the past two years, and that there was but a small quantity of gelignite to be unloaded tbis trip. Full precautions regarding the stowiug of this delicate cargo a,re takeia. The hold containittg the explosives, known aB th© magazine, js specially lined to pr event jarring, and all detonatorg are kept in a separate locker. No smoking is allowed on the deck of th© vessel while th© hatches are off. "I've never been near yet when any' thing exploded," h© added with o smilej
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 44, 8 March 1937, Page 4
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