The New Zealand tifaies says—Furtcr evidence is forthcoming to show that there is riiore value in stellai observation than is imagined by many A shipmaster how in Wellington states that on one occasion when going from Dunedin to Westport south about, Ingot into thick weather off Pusogur Point, had no observations of land, or by* sun, for two days, hut it oUaved at night and the position was determined bv stars from which lie steered by, and made Hokitika light in safety, ft is believed that many ships which have been lost would have been saved if the Board of Trade had years ago instituted position-finding by stars m its examinations. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1917, Page 1
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