MOTOR-SCAT ADVENTURE

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1929, Page 21 (Supplement)

MOTOR-SCAT ADVENTURE

TRIP UP THE AMAZON. VETERAN ENGINEER OF 7’). London, Aug. 15. . Mr. J. Woodcock,«a veteran of merely 70, has decided to travel from England and up tho Amazon River in ft 70ft. motor-boat. A chance friendship made on the voyage from New Zealand to Southampton by the-Corilithic decided him to undertake this adventurous voy- “° c - Air. Woodcock, an engineer by profession, said to a Daily Chr'iiicie-corres-pondent i “I formed tho acquaintance on tho voyage of the Re". A. W. Benton, who is a missionary. Ho told mo he was going 'to the upper reaches of the Amazon in a 70ft. motor-launch, and the upshot was that I took a post as his engineer. The parson will be the skipper. “Wo hope to strike a patch of nice weather, and if we roach South America safely we shall make the trip up the Amazon to tho remote part of the upper reaches, where Mr. Benton is to carry on his missionary work.” Air. Woodcock said that he left England 45 years ago for Wellington, but did not reach that place until immediately before joining the Corinthic. “I went ashore at Hobart,” lie explained, “missing rejoining the ship by a few

minutes, and found work nt that port.” Though lie had since visited many parts of New Zealand and Australia, he added, he bad never until tho Oorinthic’s call set fool in the town which was hi? destination when he sailed from England in 1881.