Sole Survivor Of The
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"Nova" Returns To Brisbane
Prom Our Brisbane Correspondent MR. JAMES CUSH, sole survivor of the 45-ft., 15-ton auxiliary ketch, “Nova,” which disappeared from the New South Wales coast about six months ago, arrived back in Brisbane by flying-boat from Noumea on December 9.
After drifting for 120 days, the “Nova” was wrecked on October 7. on a small island off the New Caledonian Coast near the Isle of Pines, Mr. Cush with stood an ordeal of 132 days at sea, during
which time his weight decreased from 19 st. to 9 1 st. His three companions perished.
He praised the medical* treatment he had received in Noumea, and stated that the British Consul (Mr. W. Johnson) and the Australian Consul (Mr. Harold Bar nett) had shown him great sympathy and consideration after his rescue.