ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
MILLIONAIRE'S MOTOR YACHT TRIP. (Feom Ouh Own Correspondent.! SYDNEY, January. TJie first half of an. adventurous voyage round tho world in a 2Sft ipotor yacht has just been completed by the iurnval of the little craft Speejacks in Sydney. She has come from New York, where her millionaire owner, Mr A. Y. Gowan, is a big business man. His wife and a couple of friends are accompanying him on the voyage. The Speejacks is regarded as one of tho best equipped yachts that ever sailed the seas. Sho cost 'about £50,000 to build. Everything below the water-line of bronze, and the upper portion is of teekwood, specially imported • from India at a. huge cost. Her motive power is supplied by two 250 horse-power engines, which give # a speed of 15 knots, with a cruising radius of 3000 miles. She is equipped with wireless,' and everything on board is operated by electricity. At the truck of her one stout mast tho Speejacks flies the flag of the Adventure Club of America. Tho emblem has been carried to various out-of-the-way parts of the world, but the Speejacks will be the first vessel to carry it right round tho globe. Mr Rowan has long cherished the idea of sailing strange seas in his own craft. The outobme of his idea is the Speejacks. ' Sho left New York last August, and from here she will'go up the coast of Australia to the Solomon Islands, then the the Philippines, China, Japan, and to England, via the Suez Canal, finally crossing the Atlantic to New York, reaching homo about 16 months hence. ' , FAMILY COUGH REMEDY SAVES BIG MONEY. Inspiration never comes quickly to a man * with a in his head. However, here’s something that will give prompt relief lo your cough and cold, and also give you a big money-saving inspiration as well. All you need is a bottle of HEENZO (Hean’s Essence), a little sugar, treacle, a large breakfast-oup of water, and you get, a pint of the finest family cough mixture on the market. ~ HEENZO (Hean’s/ Essence) gets to tho root of the most troublesome bronchial and throat complaints—its rich, wanning qualities ensuring prompt and lasting relief. Thousands of New Zealand people . now make their own splendid bough and cold; remedy and save money by using the HEENZO (Hean’s Essence) prescriptions. It outs phlegm, soothes inflamed throats," v and eases colds in a way that surprises ana • delight® everyone. Hoenzo is sold by chemists and stores at 2s 6d a bottle, but if not obtainable in your J district, will be posted promptly on. receipt of price by G. W. Hean, Chemist, 12 Egmont strgot, Wellington. But be sure you get H-E-E-N-Z-O, ihe original and genuine.-'-Adyt. . T :
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18464, 27 January 1922, Page 10
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