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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 8

ON SCHEDULE.

AWATEA ARRIVES.

" PHENOMENALLY FINE."

COMMENT BY CAPTAIN. "Wvi Uav« bad a jilionomenally fine trip. 11 Itlionjuli we liavo had a lot of such tiip-s lately. We seem to jret the fine weather in the Tasnian after the summer is over." comiiK'llti'd C'aj)tain A. H. Davi-Y. master nf the Union Company's e\|.res~ passentrer ntpamor Awatca, when J],,, vcsM'l licit he:l at Prince's wharf at 1.10 o'clock this afternoon on her arrival from Sydney. Captain liavey added that tlie Avvatea had left Sydney on si'hc'dnk' and arrived in Auckland on t-eheduh-. Tht" trip ill this miliums had lieen beautiful and he had heard many of the passenpers comini'iii inir highly on the beauty of the Waiiemata Harbour. Mr. \\". I". Ik'm. inana-ror in Xew Zealand tor Ih<! A.M.1 , . Society, returned to-day after a si\ week'*' combined busiiH,-- and pleasure trip in Australia. He visited Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. Australian Stock Praised. Mr. S. Saull.rcy. a wvll-Jvllown farmer of N.L-iii uanahiai attended the Royal Show in Sydney. Hu said he was very iinpre-isi'd with the standard of Australian stnek. and the improvement in liliernsey and Ayrshire cattle. The .Jerseys wer,- a fine lot. atul it was evident Australian breeders were now developing I'olled Anpua and Black Poll breed-. Mr. Saulbrev has returned with i the npiiiinn that in New Zealand a lot ! could he done to make shows .more atjtivctive to the public. Two apectacilj lar competitions at the Sydney Show were wheat' tossinfi and throwing a bull. In the latter case 11 man rode into the riiiLi. jumped off his horse, seized a bull I by the horns, and tossed the animal in I less th.. 11 seven seconds. Mr. S-.iulbrey took over to the show a seiter <lo>r. which, with another in Sydney, wan awarded first prize for the best brace of (lujjrt of all 1 needs. He. commented on ! the price Australian do;* breeders were prepared to pay for pedigree animals. At the Melbourne dojj show, he said. lie saw a cocker spaniel for I which .i:4(M> was paid in Knjrland. This j dojj won the championship in its class.

Anion;.' the passengers were nine workmen from Ati-tralia who have come to New Zealand under contract with tlie fioveniment nnd will be employed at tlie Ilutt railway workshops. They left for Wellington by this afternoon's e\pre<s after lieiiif; interviewed aboard the Awatea hy the placement officer at Auckland. Mr. T. R. Kisl.nry. Achilles Rating Returns. Alile Seainan H. (leave ha-* returned from Colombo, wheie lie lias been in hii-pital for acute appendicitis, to rejoin 11.M.5. Achilles at Auckland. H.M.S. ArhilU's was at Runm-ry exercises almortt out of of I'eylon on her return trip to New Zealand when Cleave took ill, and it was decided by the raptain to put back to Colombo with him. A launch was lowered at Colombo and (leave \\a- immediately raced to hospital. Alter -pciidinjr n month's holiday in An-tralin. Captain and Mrs. S. Hewitt. nt' Krenc'ii 15a v. have returned Im<iii<\ ( ai.tain Hewitt six mouth* "So retired from the service of the Union Steam-

Mr. K. Wimble, of M-—r«. F. T. Win.l.ii. ~nd c-i.in|iiiny. of Svduey. is ...1 :i liii-iii' , -- x i—it to Nrv Zealand. Ho is iic<-'>ni|>:inioil l'.v Mrs. Wimble and i« going mi to Wellington. "Not Even in the Dark." '•One cannot give a New Zealand 2/ piece to anyone, in Sydney, not oven in the dark." commented Mr. J. Farroll. ri>|iri»M-ntiitivi> in Auckland for T. C. Williamson. Ltd., r»n his return from Australia after 11 five weeks' sojourn in the Commonwealth. "The trouble is that pnople '" Au-tralia have a wrung impression regarding New Zealand curri'ticy. They think t lmt New Zealand nioliev is 1111 good, and do not realise that it is the »i-h of the ( ioveriinieiii that it should not Im> neyotiati'd in Australia."' Mr. I unci I added that he saw the v:iviou« iheatii.'iil out ertii iiunent s

■.'in w'.wx in A ii-l r>i lit*. liul he could no< »..,. unylhing coming tti New Zealand in tli,. uiMir future. These shows would be runnin-j m> long in Sydney that ii woul.'. In. some lime before they could be rele»--d fur New Zealand. He. had found »M necking 1" make purchase- in Sydney that there wen' nut it y goods that niii> could liny in Auckland but not in Australia. This related iiarticnlarly to certain lint's of miMi's clothing. Mr. Karrell mi- accompanied liy his wife.

VETERANS ENROL.

ABOUT 40,000 SO FAB. (I'nun our Ov/ii CorresiMiiident.) OTTAWA, May 6. Approximately 40.1100 Canadian war vi-terans have so far been enrolled in the National Veteran* Survey, according to otlieialrt of th« ex-servii-emen's organisation* who arc conducting this registration. The survey has been ill progress for nearly six weeks, but many sections of the Dominion arc «till to he heard from. the ollicials are confident that not less than 70.01)0 men and women will eventually place their names on the roll-. The survey is a voluntary action on the part, of the veterans. Ils purpose is to elicit information relating to the location and physical capabilities of men who are prepared to nerve in Canada in the event of war. or during the inevitable period of tension which usually precedes war.