“Joseph Conrad” Sold
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THE tiny full-rigged ship Joseph Conrad which sailed through the South Seas earlier in the year and which endeared herself to the hearts of all ship-lovers in the Islands, has been sold in New York.
The beautiful little sailer was purchased by Mr. Huntingdon Hartford, 23-year-old son of the founder of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. He will convert hex' into a yacht with more.power for private cruising.
Alan Villiers, owner-master of the Conrad, is now writing a book describing the ship’s adventurous voyage around the world. He says that after a lecture tour in the United States he will return to Polynesia.
Mr. William Albert Robinson, the young American writer, who has made his home in Tahiti, was a passenger in November, by the Orama as far as Colombo, where, it is believed, he will commence another open boat voyage. Mr.
Robinson’s latest book “Voyage to Gala pagos” has met with considerable success.