Hazardous Voyage In
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Tiny Yacht
CONCLUDING a hazardous voyage from Tahiti, the tiny 21ft. yacht Farys arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, early in November. The yacht has a beam of only eight feet and very little freeboard.
The crew comprised a Polish journalist, Erwin Webber, and a Palmerston Islander, Jimmy Marsters. Webber intends to study painting in the Dominion before making another cruise among the Pacific Islands.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Cridland, of East Cape, Samarai, Papua, who are at present stay ing at Manly, N.S.W., on furlough have received many messages of congratula tions on the birth of a daughter—Desiree Prescilla—on October 20. Mrs. Cridland will return to the Territory by the December Macdhui.