The Kia Ora.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 204, 21 April 1905, Page 2

The Kia Ora.

Hhe B.p. U«)ra {AiWd here on vSadafflaat bring. 4»g®h'ipf o ®SbP° r M! 1 »«B»c<io Ijwlknd, tboro gbly overhauledhili, eno the boat now bee a smart appearance. The noW famous rollingchocks (wi ioh wa have beard ao moob of for a long time paet) wars also fitted on to the boat, aod we have been informed by aoria of the paaaengera who ware aboard the Kia Ora on the voyage itom Ooehnnga, tihat Jha once to the boat, /whiofe now quite steadily, the roll bling scarcely Ftiday’s Auckland Herald says:— i“ The passwgwbyJJjkjgJge o'clock ferry stevmer from Dayonport yeeter’day morning, witnessed an eeenwnaoe ‘that gave rise to some alarm. The s.s. Kia Ora was about offitbe North Head at the time, going down to Drunken Bay, when the ferry suddenly observed puffs of steam rising from her. In the words of otm eyewitness the steamer looked as th'Mgh it hikd “ struck a mine." Immediately afterwards there seemed to be little explosions all round the Kia Ora in the water. The steamer veered round and made for the whuL, ap*j toa .nh< servers saw what looked iiße or oases being fling her. It was thought .that these ooufact that in toe vessel’s wake little xluafelt like fumes we-. < v 4 H^ofckJL/wCi<•« wen -wung '•out over the i a vita, as though «- pr»(parati >n fit eveaukUiues. Tl 4 real Bse of the occurrence, however, was bursting qjgifljjkpi ,OpfM< nho.e. The engineroom was filled retreat th ; jma erikjj bf.rwn i • qaan by if was e.