GOVERNOR-GENERAL
SWIMS FROM YACHT
IN HEIGTH OF GALE
(Australian Press Association)
SYDNEY, February 26
It is reported that during the height of a gale which raged in Port Phillip on Saturday, a dripping figure clambered up the steps of the St. Tvilda pier. It was the Governer- General, Lord Stonehaven, who swam ashore from. the vacht Corellii to obtain mooring rones for that craft, and six others which were in difficulties in the hay. He secured ropes and ultimately saved several yachts from almost certain disaster. T,p+er at a club house banquet, His Excellency was accorded an ovation The incident occurred after the storm bad lashed the yachts that were taking part in the Forster cun. Most of the competitors ran with hare masts I’m- shelter and upon arrival in the Bay were unable to moor their vessels Their shouts for assistance were not heard and it was then that Lord Stonehaven dived overboard.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1930, Page 5
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154GOVERNOR-GENERAL Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1930, Page 5
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