South African Yacht On
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World Cruise
From a Special Correspondent
Vila, Nov. 1.
ON . the morning of October 15, a strange vessel was seen lying in Vila Harbour. We tried to read her flag.
Some averred she was Dutch; others said Belgian.
But it was the South African flag, and the vessel was the yacht Cariad I. She is 140 ft. long, and graceful and shapely as an albatross. Below her flush deck, the saloon, lounge and sleeping accommoda tion are spacious, and even luxurious, so that her personnel of eight travel in real comfort.
Mr. A. Flitton, of Capetown, is the owner and the captain is Mr. T.
Orzechowski, of Poland, an efficient and likeable young navigator, who speaks English with fluency and an engaging accent. The chief of the galley is Joe, a glistening, smiling, S. African negro, who holds down his important position to everyone’s satisfaction. There are two young Englishmen, recently from Eng land; and the other three are South African-born Britishers.
The Cariad I is on a leisurely world cruise, and already has visited the Galapagos, Tahiti. Samoa. Tonga, and Fiji. Soon she will be leaving the New Hebrides for Lord Howe island, and then Sydney, where she will remain until after the hurricane season.
Cuthbert’s Misima Goldmine, Eastern Papua, reports: The clean-up figures for period ended October 23 (delayed until November owing to late arrival of sul phuric acid) are—Ore crushed. 283 tons, producing 409 oz. of bullion, with gold contents of 51 oz. and silver content of 41 oz.