FORTY-FIVE YEARS
MAH’S VOYAGE TO WELLINGTON DESTINATION BEACHED AT LAST. Pi-«h Afioriation—By T«3*fr»pli—Copyright. LONDON, August Li. (Received August 14, at 12.10 p.m.) Sailing from England for Wellington in 1884, John Woodcock, now a sturdy man of seventy, failed to reach hi’s destination until six weeks ago, when on his way home to England. Having landed at Hobart, ho missed his ship, and found work in Tasmania, subsequently visiting most parts of Australia and New Zealand, except Wellington. He recently went to Southampton in the Corinthic, aboard which he met a missionary, the Rev. A. Benton, who persuaded Woodcock to accompany him as engineer on a voyage to the upper reaches of the Amazon m a 70ft motor launch.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9
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120FORTY-FIVE YEARS Evening Star, Issue 20253, 14 August 1929, Page 9
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