LAUNCH BATTERED.
Stormy Voyage to Norfolk Island. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 24. After a stormy voyage to Norfolk Island, the Auckland 55 feet fishing launch Melodian returned to port today. Leaving Auckland on June 11, the Melodian called at Whangarei and sailed from there for Norfolk Island on June 14. About 200 miles from the island she ran into the tail end of the cyclone that damaged other vessels in the Tasman Sea. During the next few days the Melodian was twice hove to, once for eight hours, and a second time for twelve hours. Heavy seas came aboard, one breaking over the top of the funnel and pouring into the engine-room. For three days the crew had nothing to eat but biscuits, although they were twice able to boil a kettle of water and make a cup of tea. “ Under the conditions, the little vessel behaved admirably,” said Captain Anderson. At Norfolk Island, where they arrived on June 18, the crew found that the gale had uprooted many of the famous pine trees. The Melodian left Norfolk Island on June 21.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20649, 25 June 1935, Page 13
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