TIRED OF CHAMPAGNE.
The sea, fruitful as it may Dβ in odd adventure, has produced few incidents to ■compare with a recent incident of a voyage of the P. and 0. liner Oceana, outward bound from Bombay.
Xear Cape Finlstere the Oceana fell in with a French schooner yacht, which was fiying slgnnls of distress. Communication was established, and the yacht signalled,
sea was running, but, after some difficulty, one of the Oceana's boats was launched, and put out to the distressed vessel.
It was found she was the Argus, fifteen days out from Dieppe, bound for Marseilles. For three days the crew had had no water, and been "reduced" to living on champagne and claret! Some of the crew were suHering from fever, and these were attended to by the doctor. The Oceana's boat made two trips in all to the yacht, the trips occupying over two hours, owing to the rough weather.
In exchange for water the crew of the Argus gave away a large quantity of wine to the Oceana'e crtw, Baying they "were tired of it."
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 37, 12 February 1910, Page 17
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180TIRED OF CHAMPAGNE. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 37, 12 February 1910, Page 17
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