TELEGRAMS.
VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS.
—EGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION] WHAKAI’ANE ARRIVES. AUCKLAND, May 19. The Whakatune berthed . this morning and will probably unload a small quantity of cargo in No 4 hold to permit of ail inspection of the damage. Captain Davies declined to make any statement, pending the nautical enquiry. DESERVING SENTENCES. WELLINGTON, May 19. “1 don't like sending men with previous good record to gaol, but these wharf thefts must he stopped,” said Magistrate Hunt in sentencing Walter Davidson, a carrier to one month and Albert Baker, Harbour Board storeman to a fortnight’s imprisonment. The men were concerned in an attempt to remove nine sacks of potatoes from a shed on the wharf to which Baker had charg*. * DAMAGE NOT WHAT EXPECTED. GISBORNE, May 19. McCarthy, consulting engineer for tb o meat coy, states the damage to the Admiral Codrington is much less than expected. It is proposed to effect temporary repairs. The vessel’s stern is twisted from the 25ft mark to fifteen feet downward. A few plates strained and rivets are torn out.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1921, Page 3
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175TELEGRAMS. Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1921, Page 3
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