LONG VOYAGE ENDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 301, 20 December 1928, Page 5

LONG VOYAGE ENDS.

OLIVEBANK IN PORT. OLD WINDJAMMER ARRIVES. BERIBERI OUTBREAK ON TMP. f In full sail—a very rare picture in these days of steam and motor ships— the four-masted barque Oliyebank put in an appearance at Tiri this morning, and this afternoon was towed into port. The Olivebank, one of the last of the sailers which in other years were quite common in New Zealand waters, left the Seychelles Islands, off the coast or Africa, last August,.and during November put into Melbourne in consequence of an outbreak of. beriberi which, disabled many of the crew and caused the death of one seaman. Putting to sea again the sailer.- made a leisurely trip across the Tasnaan, and her arrival has been anticipated for a week past. The Olivebank is a link with the famous Bank Line of the Old Country, as she was built by that firm on the Clyde in 1892, and has sailed most of the seas of the world. She has a gross tonnage of 2118 tons, and is one of the largest sailing vessels still in active use. Her spread of canvas is even greater than that of the Cutty Sark, the famous tea clipper of the 'eighties. She carries the full rig of six sails on her principal masts. She is owned by Captain G. Erickson, of Finland. She ia commanded by Captain K. O. Troberg, who navigated his ship into Melbourne under great difficulty. The Olivebank has a cargo of phosphate.