WRECK OF MANUKA
CARGO DICING WASHED UP. DUNEDIN, Dee. 22. Weird tales continue to reach Balcluthn. of the “harvest of the sea” being gathered hv certain enterprising residents of the bush from the wreck of the Manuka. From Papatowai to Tautuku the beach is strewn with cargo of all kinds, and the flotsam and jetsam incidental to all wrecks. Carts and sledges have been worked overtime to get the stuff away, and caches are now said to abound in the bush. One man stored, it is said, no fewer than 16 large drums of oil. Only onions and lemons are left on the beach when daylight dawns, and these are so plentiful as to be despised by the seekers of loot.
The other side of the picture is shown by the finding of the sea chest of a young woman steerage passenger, evidently not long from England. This was full of good clothes, together with a large sum of money, all of which was duly delivered tc the proper authorities at Owaka.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1929, Page 2
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172WRECK OF MANUKA Hokitika Guardian, 24 December 1929, Page 2
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