TO TEST A MESSAGE.
FROM THE SEA.
Christchurch, November 6. Regarding a message from outof the crew of the ill-fated dredge Manchester, which was found in a bottle picked up on the beach at Te Kopuru, near Kaipara, on Sunday, the Acting-Chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, Mr R. Moore, made a suggestion this morning which is of some importance; In authenicity of messages from the sea “'authority” is usually a matter of some doubt, and in the present case there is according to Mr Moore a means of testing the genuineness of the message found on Sunday. The Lyttelton Harbour Board possess the signature of G. Lambert, who was supposed to have signed the message. Mr Moore suggested that if the message were forwarded to the Harbour Board authorities they would be able to compare the signatures, ,and set at rest any doubt on the matter. According to the Board’s records G. Lambert was trimmer on the Board's dredge, and was 21 years of age and single.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1020, 7 November 1912, Page 3
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168TO TEST A MESSAGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1020, 7 November 1912, Page 3
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