LIFEBELTS FOUND
HAS THERE BEEN A SHIPWKECK? by Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON,'September 1. Th« Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department received the following message at 6 pw. from the Postmaster at Mangonui"Mr F. Wagner, of Pukenui, reports finding 25 lifebelts to-day on the Coast beach, about 20 miles south if Cape Maria. The belts are covered with blue and white Btripes. They appear to have come ashore to-day. A heavy north-east to north and north-west gale is blowing. Mr Wagner is searching as far as Cape Maria to-morrow. I have instructed the Pukenui to come on at 7 p.m. for instructions."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9584, 2 September 1909, Page 5
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101LIFEBELTS FOUND Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9584, 2 September 1909, Page 5
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