AWATEA’S PASSENGERS
RECORD NUMBER CARRIED
DEPARTURE FROM SYDNEY SYDNEY, Jan 13. (Received Jan. 14, at 0.15 a.m.) The Awatea, which sailed tonight for Auckland, broke all previous passenger-carrying records with 665 passengers, of whom 247 are Boy Scouts, going home. The Awatea’s complement, including the crew, totals 917 persons.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 13
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49AWATEA’S PASSENGERS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23707, 14 January 1939, Page 13
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