CALM SEAS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 300, 19 December 1934, Page 8

CALM SEAS.

RANGITATA'S TRIP.

SUBMARINE ACTION FELT.

PROMINENT PASSENGERS.

Perfect weather conditions were experienced by the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s motor liner Rangitata, which arrived at Auckland with a large' number of passengers from London this morning. Tile only unusual incident occurred when the ship was a day out from Panama on her .passage across the Pacific. On that date, at 7 o'clock in 'the evening, a. distinct trembling sensation was felt on board. The shock lasted some seconds and at the time the passengers were at a loss to understand the cause. Jt was later learned by wireless that a severe earthquake had been experienced in San Salvador ami Guatemala, and the opinion was confirmed that the vibration of the ship had been caused by some submarine disturbance.

The Rangitata brought an exceptionally heavy shipment of mail, comprising 1738 bags of letter mail and 351 bags of parcels.

Among the passengers by the liner was Sir James Grose, general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, who has been abroad since May. His visit to England was partly on business, all the directors of his bank being in London. In a brief reference to conditions in England, Sir dames said that the people there appeared very confident, and it seemed that things were steadily shaping for the better. Accompanied by hi* daughter, he toured in England, Scotland and Wales, and also visited the Channel Islands. He left his son, Mr. E, R. Grose, who was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate College, at Cambridge, where he is. to take a course in chemical research.

Well known as the former master of the liner Rcmuera, of which ship ho was in charge for 10 years, Captain J. J. Cameron is on a holiday trip, accompanied by his wife. He will spend about three months in the Dominion before returning to London. Captain Cameron, who retired about five years ago, was in the New Zealand Shipping Company's service for more than a third of a century. Sir Langar Owen and Lady Owen are on their way home to Sydney after a pleasure trip to England.

Other prominent passengers who arrived by the liner included Mrs. M. Horton and Miss Audrey Horton and Mesdames C. and R. Donald.