LONG OVERDUE.
Barque Olivebank Last Heard of in December. SEEN NORTH OF EQUATOR. (Received 12.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Finnish four-masted barque Olivebank V long overdue. The vesesl left Sweden nearly six months ago, a.nd was last reported north of the Equator in December. The four-masted barque Olivebank, 2818 tons, is one of the last survivors of the Bank Line's fleet of sailing ships, bhe was built by Mackie and Thomson, of Glasgow, in 1892, but for many years past, she has sailed under the Finnish flag, as a unit of Captain G. Erikson s fleet of sailing shipe. - She last visited Auckland in January, 1929, when she discharged a cargo of phosphate from the Seychelles Islands at the Kings "\\hart. Captain K. Troberg was then in command. After docking here, the Olivebank went to Australia to load wheat for Europe, and sailed from Port Lincoln on March 22 for Falmouth. She is now on her way out to Australia with Baltic timber, and is scheduled to load wheat again in Australia for the Continent. She Bailed from Sundsvaal for Melbourne on November 7 and cleared Hudiksvaal on December 14. She 'Was reported passing Elsinore on December 20.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1930, Page 7
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199LONG OVERDUE. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 101, 1 May 1930, Page 7
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