PROPELLER BLADE BROKEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11876, 9 July 1924, Page 6

PROPELLER BLADE BROKEN

MAUNGANUI’S VOYAGE. CHILD BORN AT SEA. The R.M.S. Maunganui arrived nt Wellington at 7 a.m. yesterday from San Francisco via Papeete and Karo tonga with European and American mads, a large contingent of passengers for New Zealand and Australia, and the usual shipment of assorted freight. The voyage was made under fairly favourable weather conditions and the passengers had a pleasant passage by this favourite liner. When four days out from San Francisco a portion of. one of the blades of the port propeller was stripped, and the vessel’s speed was reduced slightly for the remainder of the voyage in consequence. Tho damaged propeller, however, was not the main factor :n regard to the Maunganui arriving at Wellington 24 hours later than ached ule. She was delayed at Rarotonga iii loading her fruit cargo, and did not leave that port until at midnight on Tuesday last—about 14 hours late The only incident of note during the voyage was an addition to the list of passengers. Mrs Kyle, a first-class traveller, gave birth to a female child on Monday morning. She was attended by the ship’s surgeon and received every oare and attention at the bands of the doctor and stewardess. The Maunganui brought a large shipment of fruit from Papeete and Rarotonga, while her freight from San Francisco comprised assorted lines of American merchandise.

The Maunganui is timed to sail .at 5 p.m. to-day for Sydney, where she is due on Sunday next. She will he placed in dry dock at Sydney to have a new blade fitted to. the port propeller. The liner is scheduled to leave Sydney on July 17th for Wellington. She will be duo here on July 21st, and will sail on July 22nd for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete.