LAUNCH BETH IN GALE
HOVE-TO FOR 84 HOURS
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, 10th October. After having been hove-to in a gale for 84 hours, the launch Beth, which left Auckland on 19th September for Adelaide, under th-> charge of her owner, Mr. T. H. Webb, arrived at Norfolk Island .on Sunday night. A cablegram received by llrs. Webb said that the trip from Whangaroa, which was left on Sunday, 2nd October, had been a rough one all the way, with a-suc-cession of gales, which had compelled the crew to heave-to for 84 hours. The launch had been severely tested, and had behaved splendidly all through, Mr. Webb cabling his satisfaction with its performance. He said that had the weather been good they would have reached Norfolk Island last Wednesday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 88, 11 October 1932, Page 5
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129LAUNCH BETH IN GALE Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 88, 11 October 1932, Page 5
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