AWATEA BEHIND SCHEDULE
! ; UNFAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES I lUnited Press Association! AUCKLAND, 11th April. • The late arrival of an express train ! at s y dne y- a strong westerly set of the i curren t and a head swell in the Tasi rnan all served to delay the Union Steamship Company’s liner Awatea which arrived at Auckland this morning nearly two hours behind schedule. The liner was scheduled to leave Sydney at 5 o clock on Saturday afternoon ; but owing to the delay of the Mel- ; bourne-Sydnev express on account of i heay y floods she did not sail till 5.30. ! 0r the flrst *lO hours after clearing Sydney heads the vessel's progress was : retarded by a strong current. A head swell was experienced for some time, but. in every other respect the passage ■ was good.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 12 April 1939, Page 7
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134AWATEA BEHIND SCHEDULE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 12 April 1939, Page 7
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