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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 8

An interesting memento of the first crossing of the Atlantic made by Alain Gerbault, the celebrated French yachtsman, is carried on the 21ft yacht Farys, which is now at Auckland after a voyage from Tahiti. It is a chronometer which was given to the owner of the Farys, Mr E. J. Weber, by M. Gerbault just before he left Tahiti. Among the recent acquisitions of the Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum are a number of Maori curios recovered by Dr. Allan Berry from a midden on the small hill known as Quarantine Island. This collection includes two large stones used by the Maoris for beating flax, two large pieces of limestone on which adzes, axes and spears were sharpened, and a number of small Maori figures carved from pumice. Another interesting exhibit is a collection of articles, including a gong, brass bowl, lady’s slippers and a strip of embroidery, which were taken from the Imperial Palace at Tientsin during the Boxer Rising, and given to the museum by Mr Lawrence Wright.