CYCLONE DURING CRUISE
LINER HOVE-TO SYDNEY-BRISBANE TRIP (I'm- Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A cyclone was experienced by the liner Strathallan between Sydney and Brisbane, which was the last port of call before the vessel lefl Australia on the cruise to New Zealand. The liner arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon with 950 passengers, 30 of whom are making the round voyage from England. The Strathallan was .scheduled to arrive at Brisbane from Sydney last Sunday morning, but did not arrive until Monday morning. The cyclone
was encountered on Saturday night and the vessel was hove-to for 12 hour,, many of the H.'id passengers on board suffering from .seasickness. The Strathallan then had lo wait for the tide before berthing at Brisbane was possible. Tlio voyage across the Tastnan was fine ami uneventful. The liner sails to-night for Wellington and Sydney. A number of passengers are travelling ovoi'land lo Wellington. The Strathallan is the last of eight cruise ships to visit Now Zealand this season.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19885, 11 March 1939, Page 3
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164CYCLONE DURING CRUISE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19885, 11 March 1939, Page 3
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