WATCHED HER GO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1940, Page 9

WATCHED HER GO.

MOON SHONE ON VESSEL. ,f We watched the old Niagara go down with the moon shining on her, and my personal feeling was that I had lost an old friend," said Mrs. F. A. Williams, of Suva, a first-class passenger, who, accompanied by her husband, Captain F. A. Williams, was on her way home after a holiday in Australia. Mrs. Williams was taking back presents for her 19 grandchildren, and all those presents are now at the bottom of the sea. Mrs. Williams described the long hours in the ship's boats before they reached a large ship in the vicinity. She said that they liad enough blankets and rugs to keep them warm, but the only food was ship's hard biscuits and condensed milk, and some of the condensed milk was heated on a spirits' lamp for a baby. The 'planes that flew overhead gave them a feeling that they would soon [be picked up, and when they reached the large vessel they were splendidly treated. y,-s. Williams had hoped to be in Suva uext Tuesday. That is -the anniversary date of her golden wedding. Captain Williams is" a retired master mariner, and a man of few words. He 'thinks that everybody did well under very trying circumstances. He is a member of the stevedoring firm of Williams and Gosling, at Suva, and for the past 41 years hae been superintendent for the Union Steam Ship Company there. He started hifi sea'-life in sail and claims that he has had an even time, although admitting that he has been in a typhoon or two.