A SEA=GOING JUNK.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 9

A SEA=GOING JUNK.

•i':STARTS FOR. CAPE HORN AND FINDS TAHITI. (BT TELEGRAPH —PltliSß ASSOCIATION.) ' ™ . Auckland, April 11. . Oho steamer Manapouri, which arrived !rom .Tahiti (Socicty Islands) and, Rara tonga ast.evening, bim t 3.ne\ys of' the adventurous voyago. of. a Chinese junk' from San Fran-' cisco to Papeete (capital of Tahiti). Tho. Vussol »as the Ho," a Chinese war junk, which has boon on''exhibition'alow' tho Pacific Coast of the United States. She is' owned: by, a syndicate in San Francisco, . v,'ho intended exhibiting' her on the ' eastern coast of .the States. : . .' AYith ,\this object -in view, a daptain' and crow woro secured in San ■'Francisco, and the ' Whang Ho was towed out of San Francisco harbour, but tho captain at ; the last moment, resigned hia command to tho chief officer, Blr. 'Jl. 11. Grindley. _The.latter proceeded on his way, but the; junk had next to no ballasl. ' Wind and sea took,,charge''of her.; she'drifted further ait'd further from hor in- , tended, course; "and finally; arriv'od off Papeete' on March 12, when oho was tewed into port: - 'jhe.crcw. of the Whang Ho wero found to bo iii a mutinous state. ' Salvago was .claimed and .had to be'agreed to for, towing the junk into port. Captain Grjndley is now waiting )t Papeete for instructions from the owners. The Whang "Ho is a very fine Specimen of hor ■ ilaea. She was built'at Shanghai: