VESSEL OVERDUE
A LONG VOYAGE. (From C tot Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, August 5. An unconfirmed report received this week'by Mr H. George, solicitor, of Auckland states that the five-masted schooner H. K. Hall was reported recently off Valparaiso. The report was sent from. Newcastle last Saturday. Tho H. K. Hall, which is an Aucklandowned vessel, is on a voyage from Newcastle to Peru with 1200 tons of coal. She cleared Newcastle on March 24, and is now 133 days out. Apparently she has encountered baffling or light winds from the outset and the fact that she has been reported off Valparaiso, which is 1300 miles south of Callao, proves that she has been driven a long way off her course. No anxiety, however, is being felt for the safety of the vessel. Sailing vessels have made some very protracted voyages in the Eastern Pacific and 80 days is considered to be a fair passage between Australia and Peru. The barquentine St. George recently occupied 103 days on the run between Easter Island and Balboa, a distance of about 2000 miles.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19551, 6 August 1925, Page 2
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180VESSEL OVERDUE Otago Daily Times, Issue 19551, 6 August 1925, Page 2
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