COMING TO NEW ZEALAND
SYDNEY, February 26.
In addition to Lord Nuffield, passengers by the Awatea for New Zealand tomorrow include Sir Harry Lauder,' Professors J. B. Dawson, W. H. Gould, and .T. Rankine Brown, and Canon' C. G. Pearson, Chief Commissioner; in India for Toe H.
captain has wirelessed lor powerful tugs to tow the ship to Marseilles.
Mines are reported, particularly by French ships, to have been freely sown off the Spanish coasts, including Majorca. The French Navy has arranged to begin mine-sweeping operations.
(Received February 27, 9 a.m.) , PERPIGNAN, February 26. Tugs successfully towed the Llandovery Castle to the quayside at Port Vendres. Divers found a gaping hole in the bows, about 18 feet long, and it is impossible for. the vessel to proceed to Marseilles until temporary repairs are effected.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 9
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