A SOUTHERLY BUSTER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 6

A SOUTHERLY BUSTER

TASMAN IN ANGRY MOOD

ULIMAROA'S ROUGH TRIP

With about fifteen' feet of her starboard rails, near the after hatch, bent inwards, ami the iron stanchions twisted out; of alignment, as the result of a smashing blow received from a heavy sea ..about. .0 o'clock last Might, the Huddav.fc . Parker •■ Company?s < intercolonial steanier TTlimaroa ' arrived "in port to-day from. Sydney at 11.20 a;m., over, .fouv hours. behind her scheduled ■time.. • . .'. ... , ..'.'... .. .■■'..- The sea- which caused- the damage last night was only one a little more heavy than:those which struck the ship at frequent intervals on her trip across the Tasman.. Severe south-westerly weather was experienced from the time the ship left Sydney Heads, ana in describing, the trip as one of the worst for years, Captain Wyllie, master of the vessel, told a "Post" reporter that he could not say that conditions were worse at any one time than at another. A' bitterly cold wind, accompanied by biting rain squalls, drove before it high seas-which repeatedly broke over the vessel. ... ■ '■••".. . ■■■ DECK CARGO SATE. The Ulimaroa brought a considerable qu-.mtity of Australian! fruit—one of the biggest consignments she has ever carried—and much of it was stacked on deck, but the ship suffered no other damage than that done to the rails. There were a hundred passengers on board, and most of the ladies stayed below, but there was a good muster at most meals during the voyage. The_ weather was still thick when, the Ulimaroa arrived in port to-day, and the cold southerly rain,' bringing with it a spattering of hail, caused those who were present'at the Queen's Wharf to welcome friends; arriving by the ship readily to sympathise with the latter when they spoke of their trials' on the voyage. (The ship berthed at 1 p.m., and will remain in port until Friday, when she, is to leave on the return trip.