ISLAND CRUISE
YACHT SAILS ON LONG VOYAGE (Per Press Association—Copyright). • AUCKLAND 1 , August 8. Oommeiicing a Pacific cruise of 9000 miles the well-known Auckland yacht Ngataki. with her owner, Mr J., yf. Wray, find a crew of four on board, left at 4,30 this afternoon for. Kawau. Picked Up by the coastal motor vessel Clansmen, outside Hangitoto, .the yacht Mypsjr; tpwedii-.tb ' Itawau, trbni which he^lpiig■ to Tubufii will be started;• ,tOj-ni<j)fl)r,o» r ,v A part in" the farewells which marked the Ngpjtaki’s departure from a, prL, watc launch steps,,was,.taken,.bythe Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, who loaned Mr Wray, a clironoineter for use on the voyage. ... After calling at Tubuai, in the Ausr tral group, some 2000 miles from Auckland, the Ngataki will proceed ito Tahiti, A yis.it will then bo paid Ito Suwarrow, 900 miles to the northIwest of,Tahiti; in aii endeavour to tost |tlie truth of the story that treasure is buried beneath the sand of one of < ;tho 'beaches of that islatid, 1
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1938, Page 6
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