IN A NINE TON YAWL
FROM ENGLAND TO NEW
ZEALAND. FATHER AND DAUGHTER LEAVE PLYMOUTH. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received Sept. 5, 5. p.m.) LONDON, Sept. o. An adventurous voyage to New Zealand by W. TTnitt and his daughter, Dora, in a nine-ton vnwl. the Merganser, began from Plymouth. A crowd gathered at the spot whence the Pilgrim- Fathers sailed and cheered as the yawl left the harbor. Unitfc and his daughter were in the best of spirits, looking forward, with pleasure to the trip aloue, except for a cat. The first ports of call will bo Cape 'Fillisterre, Oporto and l Lisbon. The voyagers hope to reach Capetown by October. Unitt said that he would sail the boat himself at night and Dora by day. He had received offers to accompany them from all over the country. ' *
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10095, 7 September 1925, Page 4
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