MAUNGANUFS TRIP

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 12

MAUNGANUFS TRIP

PRAISE BY PASSENGERS

VOLUNTEERS AND NAVAL MEN

United Press Association—By Electric Tole- ■ . ■ , , graph—Copyright. ' . ' . SYDNEY, May 10. Union Steam Ship Company officials here declare that there will be.not the slightest trouble in handling the cargo of the Maunganui. . Everything is normal.- . A lone Communist attempted to address waterside workers after the vessel's arrival today, but was immediately hauled off a soap-box and arrested. There was no other incident of any character. First saloon passengers, prior to the vessel's arrival, addressed a letter to Captain Toten expressing great appreciation of the splendid efforts of the ship's staff in providing the maximum comfort and service'under trying conditions. Passengers are loud in their praise for the assistance rendered by twenty naval ratings, of the warships Dunedin, Diomede, and Philomel, who are en route to Flinders Island Naval Base to undergo training. One rating bathed six. babies whose parents were too ill, to, perform the task. All the ratings volunteered to assist at the tables and in the galley when others went down with aea-sick-ness.- ■....-. • Another volunteer, an unemployed pressman, remarked after arrival: "it takes a newspaper man to' make a really smart steward." It is anticipated that the Maunganui will sail to scheduled time tomorrow. . The Seamen's Union passed a resolution forbidding any member engaging for work on the,Maunganui while volunteer labour was employed.