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FRENCH yACET'KORRIGANE. ONE OF VESSEL’S BOATS SIGHTED LAST WEEK. CONSUL PREPARING FOR SEARCH. (Press Association!. " ' • ACCELANp; April No repty has been received, to recent broadcasts front IYX «to.tidh in- r rtituted hy the French Consul, M* joubert, asking for particulars, tho French yacht Korrigane, whiri* has not been reported since she Jcit Russell for Suva on March 27. One of the yacht’s. hoofs' was rushted by the Ar/ra-ngi last Wednesday in n damaged condition. While tlie Monterey was in l>°rt Oh Saturday, M. Joubert requested, the Captain .Tohanson, to communicate with hiip shoufd any trace he. found of tho . missing boat. The Monterey left on Saturday for Suva but no advice had been received today. - If no news is received .from the Monterey by Wednesday? >f. Jrtuhert intends to ask the Marine Department to send the Maui Pomare 'to the Kermadec Islands and Tonga.; It is thought that the yacht might he proceeding, t-o Noumea and then to Suva, but according'to Captain Sergeant, harbourmaster at Auckland, the position cf the damaged boat indicated that the Korrisane was proceeding direct to Suva. The yacht carries an auxiliary engine and .sufficient,,benzine for HXri miles, and as the distance from Russell to Suva is about 1040 mi. ; e\ M. Joubert considers that the boat may arrive at Suva within the next two days.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12254, 9 April 1935, Page 4
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