“Joseph Conrad” at Sea Again
pp. 29-30 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, July 7.
THE three-masted, square-rigged sail ing ship, Joseph Conrad, arrived safely in Papeete in June, after a strenu ous passage of 79 days from Papua. News of her arrival was immediately tele graphed to Australia and America to allay the anxiety of the public over her where abouts.
After leaving Samarai in March, a call was made at Lord Howe Island to take in a supply of vegetables and live stock, and the vessel then proceeded to the south, where she ran into a heavy gale in Lat. 43.
In this storm the Conrad suffered some damage to her rigging and spars. One of the boats was washed overboard. Un doubtedly it was the wreckage of this— cast ashore in New Zealand—which gave rise to the reports of the vessel’s loss.
After repairing ship—done by her own crew—and taking in provisions for the remainder of the voyage, the sailer left on July 2 for New York by way of Cape Horn. The two lady passengers and two American cadets stayed over in Papeete, leaving only the British cadets aboard.
Captain Villiers expected to reach New York in about 95 days.
Sowani Paumau, First Native Medical Practitioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, who for many years has done much fine work in Central Pacific, has retired from the service of the West ern Pacific High Commission.