WAHINE LATE
PASSAGE IN.HEAVY WEATHER. BIG SEAS BREAK ABOARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. November 8. The inter-island steamer Wahine. with 700 passengers on board, was two hours late this morning. This was due to heavy weather on the coast. The only damage was to a lifeboat, which was swung out from the davits, but the size of seas breaking aboard was such than one roller left a small fish behind on deck.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 November 1940, Page 6
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72WAHINE LATE Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 November 1940, Page 6
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