NOT PLEASANT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 30, 6 February 1939, Page 10

NOT PLEASANT.

TASMAN WEATHER.

MARIPOSA'S CROSSING.

PERSONALITIES ON BOARD.

Unpleasant weather conditions were experienced by the Matson liner Mariposa on the Tasman crossing, which she completed at Auckland to-day. Rough seas, with a southerly wind and rain, were the prevailing feature of the trip.

The liner brought 33,j passengers for Auckland. A further 312 people are through travellers, and about 1"»0 more will embark here before she sails this afternoon for San Francisco and intermediate porta. Seeing New Zealand again for the first time in forty yearn is Sir Lionel Fletcher, CB.E., a member of the board of directors of Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Although hi-; 'visit is mainly for business reasons, Sir Lionel hopes to do some deer-stalking during the two montlis he io here. He is also greatly interested in rifle shooting, having been a member of the council of the National Kifle Association for over twenty years, and is anxious to observe what Ls being done in the Dominion by followers of the sport. Priests on Holiday. Seven Catholic priests, six of them bound on holiday visits to their homes in Ireland, were also on board. Thev were the Very. Rev. Fathers W. J. Hurley, S.M., Administrator of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, and J. A. Doyle, 0.5.A., Prior of the Augustinian monastery at Echuca, Victoria, and the Rev. Fathers .r. P. Rafferty (Arncliffc, New South Wales), M. Kielv (Darlinghurst, Sydney), J. M. O'Herlihy (Orange, NewSouth Wales) and J. O'Sullivan (Waitara, New South Wales). The Rev. tather •!. K. Cannon (Goulburn, New South Wales), who wa« also a passenger, will spend a two-months' vacation in New Zealand. Licensed Trade. Many interests occupy the time of Mr. •T. J. Liston, of Melbourne, who, with Mrs. Liston, is en route to Canada on a tourist visit. Mr. Litton is president of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association of \ ictoria, and, in addition, is president of the Williainstown Racing Club, the Victorian Football Association (Australian Kules s.;ame), the Soccer Association, and the Victorian Handhall League. He remarked this n.ori.in" that the hand-ball game wu rapidly gaining popularity in Melbourne. » Factory in New Zealand? Mr. E. A. Meyer, vice-president of the Kayser Manufacturing Company, of America, is returning to the States after a visit to his Australian branch. He stated this morning that his firm would have to consider the possibilities of opening a branch in New Zealand. Ihej would have to be sure regarding the future first. Sound national finance depended in his opinion on solln d with \l ~" aTUX '-, 1,1 thllt !,e differed with Mr. Roosevelt, "but, then, he is turerj he' --Id. * °" b * ,n,,nuf " c -