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NZ Truth, Issue 253, 30 April 1910, Page 5

Survival of the unfit ! At last meeting of the Timaru Charitable, Aid Board the case was reported of a young woman who came from Hastings to Timaru and gave birth to twins. The father of the children was m the last stages ol consumption. It was decided to send the young woman back to Hastings as sson as stie was fit to travel. Captain Annison, of the cargo steamer "Bramley," bas had a memorable trip to the Southern Hemisphere. For four months he waited for a coal cargo at Newcastle, the strike having synchronised with his arrival, and during his enforced idleness and consequent worry he lost his better hall, who had shared his voyages for years past. With a fulfi. cargo for Valparaiso he cleared the Commonwealth port only to reach Auckland with his engines disabled, and now that they are fixed he has had a difficulty m getting a few men to fill up the ranks of the deserters at the northern port. Were the Bramley going westward she would get a full crew fighting for the vacant places, but sailor men do not cotton to South America, *