CHEEKY STOWAWAY
SYDNEY TO VANCOUVER IN LIFEBOAT LEFT DIARY BEHIND When the Aorangi last passed through Auckland on her way to Vancouver, a stowaway was camped in one of her lifeboats. He did the whole journey from Sydney to America without being discovered, and left a diary at the end of the trip. There were records in the diary of every one of the 22 days of the journey, and it ended something like this: “Thanks for the fine trip. Quarters and food excellent.” During the voyage the stowaway consumed 46 tins of condensed milk, 5616. of biscuits and a large quantity of Abater from the lifeboat’s stores. The free passenger had hid in the after starboard boat, one never used for boat drill at sea. In order to see what was going on he had cut a small hole in one side, and watched the passengers on the deck below.
His only equipment for the journey was a tin-opener.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 227, 14 December 1927, Page 16
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160CHEEKY STOWAWAY Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 227, 14 December 1927, Page 16
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