WAIHORA FROM THE EAST.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1922, Page 5

WAIHORA FROM THE EAST.

SAILOR GOES MISSING. CARGO FROM INDIA AXD JAVA. GERMAN TRADE TO INDIA. i _ . 1 The Union Company's big cargo boat 1 Waihora, Captain E. Harris, berthed at ' the Queen's wharf this afternoon from ' Calcutta via Java. On August 22, when j the ship was about 500 miles south ol ' Rangoon, an A.B. named J. Bolton was 1 reported missing at midnight, and ' although every corner of the vessel waii diligently searched, he could not be ' found, and it was concluded that he must ' have gone overboard. He had been ' suffering from illness from the time tlie ship was at Calcutta. ' On the trip up the Waihora left Newcastle with a cargo of 6000 tons of coal ' for Singapore, and had perfect vveath.ir, ' arriving at the Straits Settlement capi- i tal on July 14. Contrary to the mual experience this famous port was very bare of shipping owing to the slump in ! rnbiier and other products of the S'.n-;ts Sr.lt.ement, which is far from re?ner.>i : from the effects of the world-wide ,'• slump. From here tbe ship went empty | • to Calcutta, leaving on the 25th. Strong | '. S.W. monsoons were experienced in tlie . Indian Ocean. Calcutta, vrhieti was j reached on August 3, was found full of I shipping. Not veal le was the notivitv of {"'.c ; Germans, wbo have evidently lost no ' time in starting to acain build up their mereantPe fleet Four brand new steam- : crs of the famous Hansa line were in | p< rt. and in addition there was n fine ! new four-masted bnrnne with snlt from Tlnmbursr. In tbe HoooV tbe Waihora | msseil a. three-masted Germnn barone. I also loaded with salt, nnd still another horniie was lust, about due with a c im - ' lar carjro. There is no restriction whatever on the Ofrmana in Calcutta, and y ♦bey are lp*id"i*T*' nrd pointr about lust , as though there had never been a war. ; INSOLENT COOLIES. j, When lying at Calcutta the officers of j the Waihora were much struck with the changed behaviour of the coolies compared with what it was in the old days, Formerly tbey were well in hand, but I now they are quite insolent to Euro-1 peans. Tlie coolies in the lighters which j brin? off cargo behavu in a manner tbat would make an old Anglo-Indian explode. For instance, a pilot gave an order to some coolies in a punt alongside, and when no notice was taken of him he shied down a piece of coal. One of the coolies replied by returning the compliment. ''A terrible change has come over the attitude .of the natives to Europeans." said one of the Waihora's officers to a "Star" reporter, "and I quite expect that there will be troubh' there yet." A cargo of about 5000 tons was shipped at Calcutta, mostly gunny bags, tea and pig iron, and on August 19, a departure was taken for Singapore. Fresh south-west monsoons were experienced on the run down, and during the passage the sailor Bolton was missed as mentioned above. At Singapore, which was reached on August 26, the shin picked up 000 tons of tapioca, cane and pepper, and lef again on the 29th for Saniarang, Java. which was reached on 'September 1. Five hundred tons of kapok was taken , into the holds, and the vessel left-next day for Auckland. Lovely weatheri| was experienced until the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Straits, was reached, and from there on there was a nasty | heavy swell all the way to Auckland: until this mornimr. After discharg'ng the Auckland portion of her cargo, the Waihora will go South, having shipments for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin.