MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 63, 7 November 1912, Page 5

MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

QUESTION OF AUTHENTICITY

(Per Press Association.)

Christchurch, November G

Regarding the message from one of 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 actingchairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr R. Moore) made a suggestion this morning which is of some importance.' The authenticity of “messages from the sea” 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 possesses the signature of G. Lambert, who is sunposed to have signed the message. Mi Moore suggests that if the message were 'forwarded to the Harbour Board authorities they would bo able to com pare the signatures .and set at rest any doubts on the matter. According to the Board’s records, G. Lambert was a trimmer on board the dredge, was ■2l years of age, and single.