Yawl "Marie" Returns to NZ
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THE 34-ft. auxiliary yawl “Marie” (Cap tain Frank Dona) returned to Auckland, NZ, in mid-September, after a year’s absence visiting Niue Island, Samoa and Fiji. Mr. H. Davenport, of Suva, was Captain Dona’s sole companion on the last stage of the voyage.
The yawl was wrecked on a reef at Savaii (Samoa) last November and Cap tain Dona lived on the island with the natives for seven months while repairing the damage to the keel and hull.
Mr. J. E. Hills, formerly first officer of the Fiji Government yacht “Viti”, has been gazetted as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.