PERILOUS JOURNEY
From the Chathams
SMALL BOAT’S SAFE TRIP-
WELLINGTON, March 28While a tropical storm of great intensity was reported to be approaching New Zealand from the northwest, two hardy Shetland were making the ocean passage of 400 miles from the Chatham Islands to Wellington in a tiny fishing launch. The long journey, which occupied three days, was completed without mishap on Saturday morning when their boat, appropriately named the “Bea Hawk,” took up her moorings in the boat harbour, and her crew of two went ashore to stretch their legs-
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Grey River Argus, 29 March 1937, Page 5
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91PERILOUS JOURNEY Grey River Argus, 29 March 1937, Page 5
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