MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.
- By Telegraph—Pr?ss Association. ! AUCKLAND, August's. Following is a copy cf a message found by the caretaker of Brown's Island in a pickle bottle washed ashore yesterday:—"May 30th, 1909. Barque Saint Etna, bound from Melbourne to Chili, leaking; no food; off New Zealand; coast in sight; captain dead; send help for God's sake. —(signed) H. Cobey." A HOAX. \}y Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND. Last Night. From an investigation of the message from the sea it has been conclusively proved that the affair is a hoax. The bottle bears the label of a New Zealand firm, and the cork is almost new.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9561, 6 August 1909, Page 5
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103MESSAGE FROM THE SEA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9561, 6 August 1909, Page 5
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