MANY DEPARTURES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27057, 16 April 1949, Page 10

MANY DEPARTURES

PASSENGERS FOR OVERSEAS BUSY SCENE IN AUCKLAND ON THURSDAY AUCKLAND, Apl. 15. Nearly 1100 passengers travelling in five ships and two airliners left Auckland for overseas on Thursday. During the afternoon and evening the waterfront milled with traffic to departing vessels, and Blue Peter spiling flags were dotted along the port's congested berths. Chief interest in the shipping movements centred around the sailing on Thursday night of the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Tamaroa. About 1500 visitors braving intermittent rain waited at the ship’s berth for more than two hours to farewell the All Blacks and other passengers. The liner carried 302 passengers for England and 38 for South Africa.

The Mayor of Auckland, Mr J. A. C. Allum, and Mrs Allum and the All Blacks were farewelled by the deputy chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, the Deputy Mayor, and the chairman of the council of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Fifty members of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association sailed by the Huddart, Parker motoi liner Wanganella for Sydney to take part in Anzac Day services throughout Australia. The party, which is led by Mr C. V. Chamberlain, of Wairoa, will split into six sections in Australia, and groups will go to Perth, Hobart. Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Seventeen of the party are Second World War men.

Before the Wanganella sailed with her 399 passengers for Sydney, the liner Aorangi sailed for Sydney to complete her voyage from Vancouver. The Aorangi carried 300 through passengers, and 180 joined her here. Two smaller passenger ships sailed on Thursday evening for the Islands. The Matua left for Suva and other island ports with 97 passengers. They included Queen Salote, of Tonga, who had been in the Dominion on holiday for two months. The Government motor vessel; Maui Pomare, left for the Cook Islands with 25 passengers. Bound for the Prime Ministers’ Conference in London, Mr Fraser was one of the 24 passengers who left for Sydney on Thursday morning by the Tasman flying boat. Twenty-two passengers were carried by the Pan-American Airways Clipper, which left later in the morning for Seattle.