AN ADVENTUROUS BOY
PUTS TO SEA IN LAUNCH
Thames, Yesterday
Georges Broiokes, aged fourteen, employed on a farm on the Hauiaki Plain, disappeared last Wednesday. He apparently walked to Coromandel, where he hoarded a big launch, and put to sea. The engine was useless, so he hoisted a sail. The police were informed, and set out aftei the hoy, who was overtaken while sailing merrily towards Auckland, having nearly crossed the gull. He had eaten only a few biscuits in five days. ■' -
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2337, 4 October 1921, Page 3
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82AN ADVENTUROUS BOY Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2337, 4 October 1921, Page 3
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