AORANCI FROM 'FRISCO.
AOST EVENTFUi TRIP. (By Telegraph — Per Press Association) WELLINGTON. April 11. The R.M.S. Aorangi arrived from ban Francisco this morning. She had a fine weather passage. A fair number of passengers travelled by her, including- Mr W. W. Naughton, American sporting- writer and boxing authority, and Preato, an American boxer. both of whom are Dound for Sydney. Included in the' cargo is nearly LO.OOO "b'agrs of barley, a largre quantity of hardwood and island fruit. Three stowaways were handed over io the Wellington police.^
On the voyage from 'Frisco, Rev. R. C Hacke, one of several Mormon missionaries. returning to bait Lake ..City. died>-from natural causes. . 'Frisco papers, referring to two oreakdovvns to the steamer's machinery on the voyage from New Zealand .say the passengers give Captain Evans arid Chief Engineer Ward U'reat credit for the manner in which they handled the situation. The vessel rolled helplessly in tropical seas, but fortunately the weather was fine and the passengers were not alaimed.
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Grey River Argus, 12 April 1911, Page 3
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