ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
TAXI-DRIVER AND FAMILY LORD HOWE ISLAND REACHED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) SYDNEY, Jan. 17 A taxi-driver, Mr George O’Brien, with his wife and nine-year-old son, have reached Lord Howe Island after a 16-days’ voyage in the ketch Hispaniola, at the sixth attempt. On five attempts last year Mr O'Brien had to turn back.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21015, 18 January 1940, Page 9
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