Mishap To Maui Pomare
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THE NZ Government vessel Maui Pomare was in dry-dock in Auckland early May, repairing slight damage to her propeller. While making fast to the mooring buoy off Arutunga Passage, Aitutaki Island, the propeller struck the buoy.
Damage did not prevent maintenance of the normal schedule. She dis charged at Lyttelton and proceeded to Auckland.
Captain Boulton reported he put to sea at Rarotonga on the day the island was struck by a waterspout (as reported last month). During a very strong on-shore wind (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) a waterspout formed and moved inland, causing the death of a small boy.
At Aitutaki bad weather was also experienced. Some cargo had to be discharged on the south-east side of the lagoon, a considerable distance from the settlement.
Mrs. J. G. Miedecke recently re turned to Apia, Samoa, after spend ing a holiday with her sons in Aus tralia. She was accompanied by her daughter, Miss Enid Miedecke, who remained in Auckland on the return trip to work for a business house there.