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New Plymouth, August 27. A passenger by the Tni steamer writes to the Taranaki Herald,' and states that' on the 13th August they put into Guards Bay during a gale, and found the schooner Atlanta there, four weeks out from Patea for Manukau., She had run out of food, the captain saying the crew and he had to subsist on fish and mussels for nearly a fortnight. The Atlanta was not damaged in anj way. He believed she is still sheltered in one of the inlets of Cook’s Strait.
A piece of a ship’s rail has been picked up on the Henui beach, about sft. long, 3£in. thick; it is supposed to belong to a vessel of 150 or 200 tons. It had only been in the water a short time, as the green paint on it appears quite fresh.
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Kumara Times, Issue 597, 27 August 1878, Page 2
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