TOWED 1900 MILES.
A .STORMY M I .RI)\ By Telegraph—Press Associatio, Wellington, Last N'ght. The Union Company's* steamer K-.'.ia poi arrived here yestdrdtiy with the Nor weglan ,bur<i'Uc Lilla in t«w. 'lThc ba-niue has been purchunokf by <tho Union Company lor nun an a «ail Juu'lk 'here. Adelaide was left on May 10, and the 11)00 miles were covered at an average speed of six knots an hour. This is a record ■tow (o New Zealand waters. Very suonuiv weather prevaital (taring a hmje portion of the voyage, and at time:! where wa« a risk of the barque break\vi away owing .to the rougih seas. IV.skilful haiid'lhiig 'of the tlmwlinea-, bowever, tlie steamer lining 'to tho ff'ih v Oceasionally holllh veswJr-i 'u«ed _ their sail to steady tHio statin, on the lines.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 4
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131TOWED 1900 MILES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 4
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