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STRANGE CURRENT SET IN TASMAN SEA WATER HOT NEAR SYDNEY SYDNEY, Monday. Captain Sewell, of the Maunganui, which arrived at Sydney from New Zealand today, reports that the temperature of the sea rose steadily as the steamer approached the coast of Australia. The last recording was 74 degrees. Another unusual occurrence was that the vessel encountered a set in the current of 3.1 knots to the east. This impeded her progress which, between noon yesterday and 8 a.m. todajr, was 65 miles behind the distance logged. The wind was from the south. Captain Sewell said the strongest set he had previously experienced in approaching Sydney from New Zealand was one knot. The same phenomena were observed by the captain of the Aorangi, which arrived on Friday from Auckland.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 9
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131SETBACK TO SHIP Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 9
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