THIRSTY AMERICANS
TWENTY BOTTLES APIECE “WHOOPEE” STEAMER CRUISE. BEYOND TWELVE MILE LIMIT. (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 11.15 a.m. to-day. New York, July 27. The Cunard Lino inaugurated an ocean “whoopee excursion to nowhere ’ ’ when the liner California sailed to-day, piloted beyond the 12-mile zone by a revenue cutter. Five hundred women and 300 men tackled the job of consuming 16,331 bottles within an hour after leaving Now York. They will visit Halifax for replenishments if the present supplies do not last six days. There were 75 husbands and wives in the party, which contained 300 unattached women.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 July 1930, Page 7
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101THIRSTY AMERICANS Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 July 1930, Page 7
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