TELEGRAPHIC.
UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, this day, About a thousand persons asstmbled at the Exchange Hall to witness the sale of the wreck of Triumph. The first lot offered was the cargo remaining on the ship, consisting of two cases of the estimated value of LSOO, coal and 300 tons railway iron. The whole were sold for LI3O. Oxenham purchaser. Haslam machinery, anchors &c, was then offered. Bidding started at LSOO, and werejultimately knocked down at L 2,100 to W. Aitken. The official enquiry, at the instance of the collector of ousfcoms, called in the police court to-day'was adjourned.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT18831213.2.5
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1558, 13 December 1883, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
99TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1558, 13 December 1883, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in