MAITAI'S TRYING TIME.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15268, 3 May 1915, Page 9

MAITAI'S TRYING TIME.

the E.M.S. Maitai w« makin- her,V U -V ! ,r h « b o»r thie morning VtC ihi, > v f lhn «*on -'P«t" J it waa apparent tnafc on her trip across the Taaman Sea ehc had encountered the full force of the dkyaihng galea. Tho vese-.-l bad a. hcavr *list to starboard, and on berthing at No. '2 eon tit Vtueen s wharf, it vraa noticed that was inincis somo of her deck fittings. Thero was a genera' expression of relief among paseenfw fi f ' * lr arriva] "' Port, some statiusj tuat the. trip was the worst ever experienced Ao sooner had the vessel cleared Sydney Heads than there were indication of veryrough weather nhead A3 progress was macio the conditions l>e<;anio v.-orae. and very soon the Maifcii was in the midst of a ee%-erc couth to south-easterly pale. Huro- 6*. Ie etrucJc tho v&«c!, but nevertheless ahc laboured on. Inero were tunes, howorer, when steaminp asamst tho elements was tilmoet. ueeless. and the vessel was hove-to on one occasion for 13 hours. The t=caa caused damage to deck fittings and railings, but apart from that there was little-other injury to the vessel. For five days the tempeatuoua conditions were experienced, and it was not until yesterday that they moderated, tix> Maitai being thoii able to make much better headway. Port wa3 reached thia morning, nearly two days behind time. Passengers by the vcase-1 speak v«ry -({*ell of the manner in which tho whole of the ehjp'e complement endearcurod to make tho trip as pleaeant as possible under the circumstances.