THE MISSION STEAMER SOUTHERN CROSS.
m ■ ' OW-Kg 9 , .-MiM' Oasis a-sociatiow Taucaaal.) -.vi&A AUCKLAND, Jnne,*.M Tho Mclanesian mission siatiWio| Southern Cross arrived from M_aß*iia|*| and Norfolk Island at three a.m, : day. Sho left Auckland on April'**_*w||i anel experienced very bad ' w thc passage to Norfolk Island, when off the Three Kings a Mas encountered, lasting for tarfijip' days. An able seaman named A son was washed overboard, but *o£j«s covered witli little difficulty. 9» *rtP' following day tho water found its **y|f. into the storeroom, and stores **> , value of about £l/>0 were d<«tro.vai.|*'| Norfolk Island was reached on the WttK*A| and the voyage resumed on tho WtM* 3 A heavy easterly gale, lasting for t*a*»j| S days, was experienced on tlie ps*a»B*--.|j to "Vila, whoro the steamer arrived **$& tho 15th. Sho loft tljcro on the 10»m| and visited all the Mission _chools'l*A J tlie Now Hobrides, Banks and Tt>lTa%)| Islands, and then went on to Vanikef*>' ( rf« Santa Cruz and Solomon Islands. ing teachers end landing stores, etc. Tho Southorn Cross kM**'.'". Auckland for Norfolk Island,. N***.'',v Hebrides, and Torres Groups again,«• <3j July 3th. ' ' :4"rT-
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12824, 7 June 1907, Page 8
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