?LEX WITHDRAWS FROM RACE
SYDNEY, Jan. 3.' Twelve yachts have now; eompleted the course of the Sydney-Hobart raee,t, ! leaving four yet to finish. The Newl Zealand ketch Ilex whieh had been be4 calm'ed 40 miles soutlieast of HobaxJ for 24 hours, witlidrew from the r;f / and made for Ilobart under engf u power. She arrived last night. f : skipper, llr. N. W. Thomas, said it • , deeided to withdraw when it bec: apparent the ketch had no ehanee I • filling a plaee. He plans to" leave * the 2000-mile trip back to Welliny next Wednesday and wants to s' much time in Hobart as possibl The R.A.A.F. Liberator lias f locate the Merland and Unis C have not been sighted since sm the race began. This morning which could be the Unis J was south of Sydney hnd sailim The Sirius and Kalua h?" ported off the Tasmanian hnishing line.
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 4
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