TRADITIONS UPHELD

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 130, 5 June 1922, Page 7

TRADITIONS UPHELD

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GOVEBNORJGENERAL' AND:: CAPTAIN.; • j

(BY IBLBeBAPH.—PRESS'ASSOCtAf IDS.) ' AUCKLAND,-3rd Jtmi The Wiltshire's ct-ew arrived by tho* Kfttoa to-iiight and received a "warm ■' welcome from a huge crowd on the Wllftrf. Tliß Governor-GenerAl wiis the first, to board the vessel and,, greeted Captain . Hayward," Whom he- invited.to be a guest at <3<oVefnment 'House, expressing regret he could not offer hospitality to the rest of the officers'. Cap; taidi Hay ward, thanked Viscount Jellicbe, / but said: "I have only these clothes," t<> which Viscount Jellicbe replied, with' a smile: "Mine will hot fit you, but we have aides-de-camp of different sizes;"' Captain Hay ward said it wa-s impossible to go at oncej as be had work to do, whereupon Viscount Jellicoe said: "Rang up and a car will be sent when you are ready." The officers of ■ the Wiltshire and tlie captainof the Kfltoa were then presented to the 'Governor.",.' , , „,-.. - The Mayor also extended a welcome to the captain and crew. ' „ The men "were given a grant. of £3 each and a parcel of clothes, and were then ■ coiiveyed 'to . the Sailors'/Home, where,' all; possible was done for thbi* eqmfort. ■■■■■■ :. '■-. ■ ■i'he Ship^vrecked Mariners' Society has placed £30D at the disposal of %e\.local ■Superinterideiit of Marine for thefelief tof distress among the .ship-wrecked, mtin. More money is. available if needed. .... j , , Two, cases wer e admitted to. hospital-1-John Foster^ A.B. on the Wiltshire, who fell on tlie track while goingv a<arosa -idxe islaiia, and siistained a serious fracture pi' a leg j aMd .'—— . k<x>ghi A.B. on the Kaws., who is. siifferuj^ fsom pneumonia and, is in a serions condition. -The .Wdltshire's /surgeon (Dr. M'Oullbugh) had much to say is praiMgof the patience aMd courage of the,crew.' Of a t6tal of 103, h.e' said (including a etow. away), hot jbhe &»n c&iild be jusily cuplained of.' Thef displayedl all, the',ai- '•> tributes of Britmh seamen,' and -wero dißerfttl all.through the orlieai "It : wa« a woiid^rfiil feat/ said the doctor," !'to; land such a, nilmlief of irieh without in»hap under siich otrdilmsiaicee, and it 'yeak unfortunate hhki oM'.bi their numiier met with a seridtis .accident in thi jbiirnsy across the, klipgery track: oveflaiid. J6hn fester, an able sewiiaa, fell and irustaij&fed a s&Vferd fracture of the left shinbone. Harry: Feildilig, assistant steward, would also have to go to hospitil. '_ He spraltied an ahkle on board the ship a fortnight, ago, and was making good progress to recovery, but the terrible walk overland from the ocean had caused the limb to swell badly, and he was. now incapacitated. Aitogfebher the general health bf the.crew ia g66d."-