VISIT OF THE NEW ZEALAND.

Mataura Ensign, 23 July 1914, Page 5

VISIT OF THE NEW ZEALAND.

Pi'.li UKITFI! PRESS ASSOCIATION. TKI.I.INOTON, July 22. Now the C-ovorntnent is talcing stops in repbtv llif fiinemoa with ail up-to-da l ■■ modi'ni t -ic:imer it is interesling wall »iu incident that oecurrcd while ihe l»att!«* eru.'.fcr New Zealand 1 was Iving Wellington Harbor, 'live Hiiouiim !u- t.'iiai lime was <»ngaged ii c<inv"vinn i<s of schoolchildren to and i ■ iif I>ij4 warship. One trip almost <>n)od in d ;n«lcr, and on tli s part ctila!■ ti'ip ;'i(!' H'.ti'rinoa was very heavilv loaded. li"!ii>', crowded with ch'ldrcn. A- lb • steamer rounded the warship to appr-mfU tho gangway Ihere was li rn-sii '.'l Hit- children aboard to the •>ide nearer 1 ih>■ ba.' losh'.p. The Hidden movement ol weight, together W:th the effect of the ttirniiii? movement, very nearly caused th° TTiw moa to turn tnf i>!o, and the appr' : n.sioji thaf she would do so was sli ii-d b" jiie officers and men '.ib'jard fh,> \<-iv Zealand as wall svs by her own Hi"".'! -. It wns stated afterwards th.-u C/ipn.in Halsey, of the, New Zealand, wis (■'■< 'he point of ordering away tin- b> ai-:. He«w •. the H'nemoa did noi iurn lurtle. Uirck redistribution cf weigh t- w:i- effected, and the trip was cfupu ;«h! without misadventure.