SCHOONER'S LONG TRIP
16 MONTHS’ VOYAGE ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY (Received January 4, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 4. The schooner Isabel, which arrived yesterday, took 16 months on tho trip from England. Thirty-eight days out from Tahiti she struck some rough weather. The Isabel is Hying the Irish Free State flag. Tho owner, Captain Weeks, and six hands comprised the crew of the 153-ton schooner. When customs officers boarded the vessel, Captain Weeks stated that as far as he knew there was nothing aboard which warranted the attention paid him. After spending hours on tho schooner, customs officials and detectives held a quantity of perfumes, soaps, and chemicals for further investigation. Mrs. Weeks and two children, who have been in Sydney for some time, had not expected the Isabel’s arrival “for a long time yet.” The family were reunited aboard the ship.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18287, 4 January 1934, Page 6
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141SCHOONER'S LONG TRIP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18287, 4 January 1934, Page 6
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