IN DISTRESS.
ISLAND SCHOONER ARRIVES. A LONG VOYAGE. (Tly T-lesrapb.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON', this day. A strange sailing vessel was sighted off Wellington Heads and signalled for assistance, and was towed into port last evening. The vessel is the auxiliary -t-hooner Elsie, from Nukualofa, bound for Portland, Oreg >n, with copra. After clearing the Islands bad weather was encountered and the vessel suffered damage to her jibboom. and the extent of repairs necessary being too great to assure a safe journey across the Pacific, it was decided to come south for assistance. The passage occupied about forty days. Tlie Elsie put in at Welliii2ton in May. Hil7. in a leaking condition while on the voyage from Port Pirie to 'Frisco. It is anticipated that repairs on the present occasion will occupy about a week.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 63, 14 March 1919, Page 5
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133IN DISTRESS. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 63, 14 March 1919, Page 5
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