SCHOONER VALKYRIE

Hokitika Guardian, 6 August 1930, Page 1

SCHOONER VALKYRIE

C A LIGHT IN TER It 1K J C .STOR M • ( AUCKLAND, August 4. ; Definite news of the whereabouts of ■ the schooner yacht Valkyrie, which ; has had a varied and adventurous career since her launching in Auckland two years ago, and which left the Waite mate for u voyage in the ; Pacific,' is brought from Tahiti by Mr W. W. Meek, a solictor of this city, who recently returned from a visit to that island! Mr Meek says that the Valkyrie, which left Auckland on May S believed by tire Customs to he heading for Norfolk Island, arrived at Papeete on dune 24—forty-seven days out for a distance of nearly 2000 miles. The vessel, of only forty tons, had a terrific time in storms, and arrived looking very weather-beaten, said MiMeek . A city business man stated on Satur- j dnv til at lie bad been informed it was the intention of the Valkyrie’s master and owner, Captain F.. Gilling, to make a voyage to Los Angeles, where the captain hoped to interest cinema people in island cruises. Mr Meek, however, states that he spoke to Captain Gilling, in Papeete, and he made no mention of a trip to America, but expressed his intention to make short cruises among the islands neighbouring Tahiti, with tourists as passengers.