THE TONGARIRO

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1916, Page 4

THE TONGARIRO

SURFBOATS NEEDED FOR SALVAGING. By Telegraph.-Preas Association. Napier, Sept. 2. It is stated that the chances of «a!< vago of that portion of the cargo above vuter on the Tongariro are good should the weather remain calm. The Kon> tounui i s at present at the scene cf the: wreck, unci the' Te Aroha leaves ;fo* there to-night, taking winches and. re* civ.jary equipment The trouble is thatl all cargo will have to be taken off by) surflioav.?, as coastal vessels pannot lit taken alongside with safety, DUNEDIN CARGO. ■Dunedin, August 31 The Tongariro'B Dunedin cargo \ri»\ eludes 3000 bags of salt, a large shipment of toys and fancy goods for WhiN combe awl Tombs, and new aeason'si drapery and millinery for Sargood's, Butterworth Bros., Broirn, Ewin? and Co., the D.S.A., Ross and Glendlning, the D.1.C., and Hallenstein Bros. The Tongariro also had £II,OOO worth of; silver and bronze coin for the Duuediri banks. CARGO FOR LYTTELTON, Christchurch, August 31. The Tongariro's cargo for LytteltoS included stationery, periodicals, large quantities rubber and motor goods, paint, pig-iron, iron bolts, bars and nuts, hardware, pianos, seeds, manure, cotton goods, machinery, essences, oil, wine, woollen goods, bottles, glassware, chemicals, drugs, bicycles and parts, wearing apparel, boots, shoes, agricultural machinery, chocolate, 043 reels news printing paper and other paper.