SUNNY VOYAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 281, 26 November 1937, Page 9

SUNNY VOYAGE.

ON PACIFIC ROUTE.

LINER MONTEREY ARRIVES.

HEW BROADCASTING SYSTEM.

Glorious weather practically throughout the whole voyage from San Francisco and Los Angeles across the Pacific wan experienced by the Matson liner Monterey, which arrived in Auckland this morning with a large list of passengers and a heavy cargo for discharge here. She will sail for Sydney this evening.

The only patch of anything approaching "dirtiness" was close to the New Zealand coast, but to Captain E. R. Johansen that was a good omen. The several hours of wind and rain indicated to him that he would meet fine conditions in Auckland —an omen which has not failed Captain Johansen since he has been calling at New Zealand.

In accordance with the policy of the Matson Line in sending its skippers over various route* to acquaint them with the ships and the ruii for relieving during vacations or in case of illness. Captain Johansen this voyage is accompanied by Captain M. Bulger.

A new feature which is being installed in the Monterey is a radio broadcasting system which links up the whole of the ship, passengers and crew alike. The system permits the captain to broadcast throughout the vessel from his bridge to every person al>oard, if necessary, and from eight different stations along the decks are return stations from which messages may be transmitted to the. bridge.

The purpose ol the radio system is for emergencies such as -possible fire in any section of the ship, and it is compulsory under the laws of the United States for all passenger ships flying the Stars and Stripes being so installed. News of the Malolo, recently renamed the Matsonia, was brought by Captain Johanson. The Matsonia, he said, was at present docked in San Francisco, where her decks were being altered and new passenger suites fitted. About of the same tonnage as the Monterey, the Matsonia had a greater beam and was not quite so long* and was regarded as one of the best constructed ships afloat. Passengers on Board. Among the passengers were Mr. G. L. Host, a member of the Royal Danish Diplomatic . and Consular Service, at present Denmark's Consul-General at Sydney for Australia and New Zealand, and Mrs. Host. They have been on holiday in Denmark. Their son preceded them by the Salamaua, which left Auckland for southern ports this week, and Mr. and Mrs. Host intended to leave for Napier by car to-day to see him before he goes to Rabaul, where he will be engaged in plantation work for three years.

Mr. Host considered that while everyone everywhere was complaining of war, conditions in Denmark, along with other Scandinavian countries, .were good. In his opinion the Communistic element was felt there less than in some countries.

"It reminded me of war-time." said Colonel J. W. Clark, manager for New Zealand, Australia and Pacific islands for a British manufacturing company, when discussing the present day appearance of shipbuilding yards in Great Britain. Colonel Clark, who is returning to Auckland after some months in the Old Country, visited several yards and was impressed by the large number of naval craft under construction. To gain entrance it was necessary to obtain special passes from the Navy.

Making a world cruise, Mr. T. E. Khoo, a British Chinese from Singapore, arrived to upend two weeks touring New Zealand before continuing to Australia. Mr. Khoo, who' is a solicitor practising in Singapore, is accompanied by Mr*. Khoo, Mrs. Loke and the Misses Y. T. and Y. C. Loke. "T cannot talk about the war in the East," he said. "I have not heard the latest news, and there was no talk of war when I left Singapore."

Paying one of his periodical visits to New Guinea. Mr. C. A. Banks, managing director of Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., and the Placer Development Company, is passing through with his wife. Mr. Banks said the Bulolo company was at present installing three new dredges at a total cost of between £500,000 and £000,000, which will bring the company's dredges up to seven in number. Mr. Banks will spend about twrt months in Australia and New Guinea before returning to London through America.

No fewer than 14 international and state exhibitions and nearly 100 factories were visited during an 11 months' tour of England and the United States by Mr. G. T. Paterson, an Auckland businessman who returned by the Monterey this morning. While abroad Mr. Paterson made a special study of staff training methods, which, he considered, might be introduced in commercial enterprises in New Zealand with good effect. In many countries, he stated, it was an impossibMity for a youth to rise in the hardware trade without having first successfully negotiated the trade examinations.