Yacht's Long Trip Across The Pacific
klELBOURNE, Nov. 14. The vacht Nurrewa III received a tiimulttldus welcome when she returned to Port Phillip after a trip of more thati 1,5,000 miles to the United Btates and back via New Zfealknd and Tahiti. More than 150 yachts of all sizes turned out in the greatest yachting demoristratioh ever seen in Port Phillip Bay. A thousahd pebplfe whited oh Williamstowh pier while a brass band played her alongside. She was met five miles down the bay by the Lord Maydr of Melboutne (Alderman J;, S. liisndy) and the Chhirthan of the Mfelbdui'fie Harbotir Trtiat (Mr A. D. MaeKenzie). The skipper, Mr Frank Livingstone, prelsentdi a Ifetter frdm the Mayor of Los Aageles to Alderman Dianey.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1949, Page 5
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