SMART PASSAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 62, 15 March 1938, Page 8

SMART PASSAGE.

AVVATEA ARRIVES

POLICE TEAM RETURNS

Though slip encountered n stroii" head wind all the wav. the Awatea made a smart passage from Svdnev to arrive in Auckland this morn in" i'i<dit on time Captain A. H. Davev pointed out with the proof in his i.J book, that throughout she had maintained a steady 21.1 knots on the crossing with hardly a variation i„ th,. revolutions registered. The weather mi the cro-s »ig was fairly had. eloildv. with rain at tunes. "Her turbines have not been cool for six months.'- said Captain Davev Amon- the pa,s.„u-r. were nine men,, hers „f the New Zealand team whi-h took part in the New South Wales police sports .--iiiival. All «,..-,. impressed with « itions i„ Sv.in-'v and with the hi" p„. L that sport w,"-' given in poliee life. Sport ins ouali.Vaturns were asked from applicants for admission to the force, and cverv facility in the way of svnma--iums 'and «<, on were offered to members. Though, as visitors repreMiitins Xcw Zealand, the members of the team had had big handicaps to overcome thev had been able to make a good impression. Xew Zealand had won t] le interstate relay, the team being Duncan (Auckland!. (Jillespie ( Wellington , Callanau (Whangarei) and Fulton 1 We!lmgton). J. X. McCarthy (Wellington) won the mile walk, and Fulton was second in the 100 varus Australian and Xew Zealand championship. Several members had mn into the finals of the handicap events and Koeford (Wellington), though beaten l.v his handicap, had thrown the ,-.,',, the greatest distance. It was r!i?:;c"'t they said, t-. realis? h->\\ tiie ca'niv:-.: was regarded in Svdm v. \i '.»,,- -;,,,->•, "■ ground 00.000 people "-,.„ ,] H . „'.„„.... and 40.00(1 were spectator; at the spoitsground at night.