KIA ORA WRECK ENQUIRY.
By Telegraph— Association. AUCKLAND, July 10. At the Kia Ora wreck enquiry today, Captain Attwood, assistant superintendent of mercantile marine and surveyor of ships, said he surveyed the Kia Ora on April 16th. He satisfied himself that the requirements of the law had been complied with. William Haynes, second steward, denied that the women and children were left out in the open on the beach. He had heard nothing of a blanket being removed from a lady passenger. He saw no drunkenness aboard Ora, and no bottles of liquor taken to the officers' cabins.
By Teiegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND," July 10. As De Wolfe was leaving the box after cross-examination this afternoon he said:—''There is one thing 1 would like to say. and that is about the dogs. I feel proud I saved them, for I think their lives more honourable and more truthful, and might be more useful in the future than some of the lives I did save." The enquiry adjourned till Friday afternoon.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8484, 11 July 1907, Page 5
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169KIA ORA WRECK ENQUIRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8484, 11 July 1907, Page 5
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