MATAI'S LONG TASMAN CROSSING
* Received Tuesday 11.58 p.m. SYDNEY, May 28. Tlie New Zealand Government steamer Matai witli the trawler P{j.hau in tow, arrived at Svdney this afternoon after an adventurous voyage froip Auckland. The Matai liad talcen 21 days to complete the, voyage which originally had been scheduled for eight days. Passengers praised the seamauship of the Matai 's master, Captain E. J. Johnston, especially in, reeonnecting the towline under a searchlight o'ff tne northern coast of New South. Wales, '
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 May 1946, Page 5
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