CROSSING COOK STRAIT
BARWELL'S JOURNEY IN CANVAS CANOE WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Charles Barwell set out to-night from Makara at 7.10 o'clock on his attempt to cross Cook Strait in a collapsible canvas canoe. There was a light north-weserly wind blowing, and the sea was calm. He expects the journey to take about 16 hours and to land, all being well, in the vicinity of the Three Brothers.
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Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2271, 21 February 1929, Page 5
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66CROSSING COOK STRAIT Waipa Post, Volume 38, Issue 2271, 21 February 1929, Page 5
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