New Fishing Launch For
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Lord Howe Is.
A NEW fishing launch, Venture 11., is nearing completion at Goddard’s Yards, Palm Beach, Sydney, for Mr.
Gower C. Wilson, of Lord Howe Island. It has been specially designed for deep-sea fishing around Lord Howe Is., the poten tialities of which are, as yet, unexploited.
The launch will be 33ft. long, with a 9ft. 6in. beam, and powered by a 30-h.p.
Thornycroft engine. It will also carry sail, and will have all conveniences, including sleeping accommodation for a party of prominent anglers expected to visit the Island at the end of the year.
Mr. Wilson does not intend to sail the Venture 11. to Lord Howe until about October.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Laurence, accom panied by their daughter, departed from Sydney by the Macdhui early in July. Mr.
Laurence, who is a director of Cuthbert’s Misima Goldmine Ltd., left the boat at Samarai, in order to go on to Misima Island, while Mrs. and Miss Laurence made the round trip back to Australia.