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December Hurricane In
South Pacific
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Society’s 112 Fairmile from Rarotonga.
The Fair mile, which was going south to escape the hurricane season in the Cooks and for survey in Auckland, was hove-to for nine hours on December 18. Wye Valley was also hove-to in the same vicinity and reported winds of 70 miles per hour. Neither vessel sighted the other. Both eventually reached New Zealand ports undamaged.