IS IT A HOAX?
A Bottle Metsag*. Auckland, January 10. A boy playing at Manukau Heads found a bottle containing the following, written on a halfsheet of notepaper : “ Pleasure boat in distress; broken down whilst out for a sail about fifty miles outside Manukau , Heads. Name of boat Terawhiti. Anybody finding this will they please send help. (Signed) Sydney James.” Captain Neal, the harbourmaster, inclines to the belief that the letter is a hoax, but has instructed masters of vessels to keep a look out at sea for craft such as that described,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 11 January 1908, Page 3
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93IS IT A HOAX? Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 11 January 1908, Page 3
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