The Canard about the Hauraki.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2887, 17 May 1878, Page 2

The Canard about the Hauraki.

There was a rumdur current in town this morning that the steamer Hauraki, trading between Manukau and Waitara, had been lost with all on board except one. The rumour is said to have originated with some one who came down by the Tongariro. Enquiries were made in various directions, and Inspector Thompson, of Auckland, was communicated with by telegraph. He wired down to say that the rumour was probably unfounded, as the agents of the steamer had not been advised of her having left Waitara. Subsequently Mr Sub-Inspeclor Bullen received another telegram from Mr Thompson which sets the matter at rest. It was in effect as* follows : "Hauraki only left Waitara at ten this mornipg."* This message has relieved the anxieties of several persons, particularly Mrs Brennan, whose husband, Detective Brennan, was reported to have b en on board the Hauraki, and to have gone down with the rest. The authors of mischievous canards like this about the Haurr'n oaght to be punished. We should not have referred to it but t > publish the telegram wlrch shows how unfounded the rumor must have been.