GENERAL TELEGRAMS
BONDED STORE ROBBED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Blenheim, Thursday. Clouston and Co.'« bonded stores" at the wharves were broken into late on Sunday. night ajid tobacco and liquor valued at £4O stolen. No trace of the delinquents has yet been discovered. THE WARATAH'S BUOY. Auckland, Thursday. Inquiry mad* regarding the lifebuoy washed ashore at Waiuku does not elicit anything definite af to the vessel to which it belonged. The'-- buoy was found by children, and was, subsequently seen by three men, who state ij; bore the letters "Warat" and traces of two other letters, which they concluded made '•Waratah," also something painted resembling a Hag and anchor. The buoy was heavily waterlogged and covered with barnacles. The children subsequently, in washing oil' the barnacles, destroyed the : lettering, bilt presumably the outlines would be traceable by microscopic examination* If the buoy belonged to the steamer Waratah it may have been while she was on the Australian coast.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 2
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157GENERAL TELEGRAMS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 155, 29 December 1911, Page 2
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