POURING OIL 0N THE TROUBLED, WATERS.
■■>'< .' v... The Chriiichurph Star has the following :.' ■• enthe.abdvb subject:—The captain of the " . . Lnoy Jamoa ias triod an ciperimont which ■. ought not J Boon'. r to be forgotten. The tiny x .: or»f{ which Captain Holdst sails—she is only lj.- '■■' :-46t0n8-riraijoutm'bdid'weather the other I '■■■•■ .'■• _day. ■ She had. sailed from Peloros Sound, F • 'and ore. long' felt'the fury of the terrifio seas k,':. ■'■■■■■ ;'■ whichhave laahbd tmr-shores. The waves, ■ >-•-<■ w'aje.tuH,"threatened to overwhelm tie HK •■' :;.veMfl, when her captain, remorabsring that Br ;>.:: had a quantity of colza oil on board, deW,-: ::.-* tenninodtotry.itseffect.uponthosea. The j- •••■- ,>'TMnlt,was the saving of the little craft and ■'■'■- '.:'.: -.efcthettves she/carried. .'.'.The seas were at '•:' ■■'..-.;:.- «noe:l?ept from breaking, and the vessel rode ■ ■• .Mi riont the : gale famously.". One wishes that ■ ■■:■<. MVySuolia.plHi had ; been adbptedin the Tiraaru : ;.-::-,*roadrtead;2bVit : :might' v K'ave averted the • .-.••, ••• desahttiou.whioh has qome upon many homes ■'■ ■ v.- .there,. ;|Bnt these, deaths of the 'past may ••'.« . -.:>.-. perhaps lead to tliVsaving.of many lives in ' * )he future., 'lt' has been demonstrated more ': " ■-" ■Mi'-. Ponred oji, the troubled waters j and in future ~ "v '■::'■ ittses otemprgenoiin a dangorons anehoragi - .' .'■ . ■'."'.. '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 4 July 1882, Page 3
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181POURING 0IL 0N THE TROUBLED, WATERS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 4 July 1882, Page 3
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