THE AWATEA
HAS A ROUGH TRIP (Per Press Association—Copvrigh:). WELLINGTON. September 13. “Wo are throwing no bouquets to the Tasman Sea after this trip,” said Captain Davey, of the Awqtea, when the vessel arrived from Sydney to-day, four ffours late. The Awatea struck heavy weather almost after leaving Sydney and it continued until khis morning without abating, the crossing being one of the stormiest the vessel has ever experienced. Furniture in the men’s smoking room was damaged. Captain Davey estimated on an average that the waves were about thirty-five feet, from crest to base. The Dip, he said, was worse than the recent one to Auckland, when steel stanchions w°re twisted. The damage in the smoking room was mostly d»n to a heavy settee breaking lose during specially heavy seas on Friday night.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1937, Page 5
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