BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.
AUSTRALIAN- AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION
SALVAGING CARGO
(Received this dnv at 10.30 i.m.) LONDON, October 19.
Salvagers and divers have. heated off Witlionisea, the steamer Empress, torpedoed in 1917, when laden with aluminium, intended for use in aeroplanes. The ship was badly broken up, hut the aluminium, Which is now worth ClOil sterling per ton, was intact and is being recovered.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1922, Page 3
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64BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS. Hokitika Guardian, 20 October 1922, Page 3
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