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[new ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dunedin, May 19. A statement having been made that a seaman and a fireman of the Tararua, saved from that vessel, were in want of assistance, the statement is now denied. Immediately after their arrival from the Wreck each of them received a month’s pay, which was then due, and also a fit-out of clothing. The Union Company supplied clothing to the crew and those passengers requiring it at a cost of £100; also board for a week to the sailors. The Union Company also distributed over £2O in clothing. The following are the changes decided on in the Union Company’s service:— Captain Logan, of Hero, goes home to bring out the Manipori, Captain M‘Gee, of the Taiaroa succeeding him in the Hero, Captain Anderson, late of the Wellington, gets the Taiaroa; Mr Webster, chief officer of the Te Anau, is appointed to the Albion ; Captain «lones, now of the Maori, is to be appointed to the Mahinapua, twin screw steamer, for the West Coast; Mr MTntosh, chief officer of the Rotorua succeeds him in the Maori. Captain Orkney, now on a visit home, is likely to bring out the Omapere, to be employed in the Westport coal trade. Auckland, May 20. Thomas Henderson junr., received as stakeholder, a deposit of £25 from Hearn, of Wellington, in the sculling match with Albert White, of Mercury Bay.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1450, 21 May 1881, Page 2
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