AN OCEAN RACE
The barque Daniel and the barquentine Wa'nganui engaged in an interesting ocean race from Australia to Auckland recently. The Daniel left Clarence Town, New South Wales, on the 4th August with a cargo of hardwood, and the Wanganni left Newcastle on the sth August with superphosphates. A barque, thought to be the' Daniel, passed Cape Maria Van Diemen, bound east, at 2.30 p.m. on Monday, while the lightkeeper at Cape Brett reported that a barquentine passed south at. 4 p.m. on Monday. A telegram received from Auckland last night states that the Wanganui had reached port, thus winning the race
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 8
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103AN OCEAN RACE Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 40, 16 August 1916, Page 8
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