WRECK WINDFALL
TOASTS IN SALVAGED BEER
.SYDNEY, June 16
The wreck:of the Northern- Firth riff Brush Islandlha,s been in beer to some of the ' lpjihb'taiits of: Duras Lakes, a tiny a few miles nort/h oL vl ßhtfehnm’s Bay. There wer e 300 casks and kegs ; pf beer on the. wrecked vessel, and ."ome ' of these Vere salvage One pair'of'pampers, however, after rolling ; a .'36-ga]lon cask one and a half 'miles thrbiigh/tho scrub, were discovlered by a special constable, who' took away their grog-' - brothers managed to hide their finds in the sands and buffi, and months later toasts were honoured in salvager- beer. .Silk shirts and underwear, boxes ol candles and soap, tins of biscuits and cases of cigarettes were wa. hod ashore into the arms of eager campers. Now visitors to the district may buy slightly damaged sUk shirts for 3s. and woollen imderwear for ss, with a, pmt of beer thrown in.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1932, Page 6
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