BARQUENTINE'S EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
After a long, eventful voyage from St. John, the four-masted barquentino Westfield arrived at Melbourne on December 17. The Westfield left St. John for Melbourne on March 3, but in a West Indian cyclone her cargo shifted badly, and the' vessel was forced to make for Harhadoos. Site, resumed tho voyage on June 11, hut with several eases of influenza on board and with her provisions at low ebb, she put into Rio Janeiro, leaving again on September 20. The vessel has on board about 700 tons of cargo for Melbourne, and after discharge will go on tp Sydney.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1715, 5 January 1920, Page 2
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102BARQUENTINE'S EVENTFUL VOYAGE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1715, 5 January 1920, Page 2
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