SIGHTED OFF KAIKOURA

Evening Star, Issue 22880, 11 February 1938, Page 15

SIGHTED OFF KAIKOURA

FINNISH BARQUE PENANG MAKING FOR AUCKLAND [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February 10. After making a passage of several hundred miles since she was sighted (iff Foveaux Strait nine days previously, the Finnish barque Penang was reported 40 miles east of Kaikoura Peninsula bv the Federal Line steamer Surrey at 9 o’clock this morning. The Penang is bringing a cargo of guano to Auckland from Nossi Be, off Madagascar, and the Surrey was en route from Auckland to Timaru. In a wireless message the master of the Surrey, Captain Aslin, stated that his ship passed within signalling distance of the Penang, but no signals were shown by the barque. Apparently all was well on the Penang, which is making good progress. Kaikoura Peninsula is on the north coast of the South Island, about 90 miles north of Lyttleton. From the position of the Penang it is evident that she has been standing well off the coast, and it is doubtful whether she will reach Auckland before the end of next -week. In that case, the Penang will not be in port at the same time as the four-masted barque Pamir, which is expected to sail for Noumea about Wednesday.