OWE WAY OUT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19140, 8 October 1936, Page 12

OWE WAY OUT

SIGNS ON AS PURSER MR, W. A. IORNS' TRIP Many a, young man without money but keen to see the world has worked his passage on cargo vessels large and small, but the story is usually different when the name of'one, formerly chairman of a board of national importance, appears on a ship's list as purser. The motor-ship Wairangi arrived at Lyttelton on Sunday from London, via Suva, and. in the list of iho crew, the name oi William Augustus lorns appeared as purser. But Mr. Torns, formerly chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Control Board, was not sotting out to see the world. He was returning from England, and unusual circumstances led to his name being omitted from the passenger list and included in the list of the ship's complement. Among others, Mr. lorns booked his passage by the Wairangi, but when the passengers assembled on board before departure it was found that iho inclusion of an infant, brought the number to 13, one more than the number permitted to bo carried on ships rated as cargo vessels. The easiest, way out of the difficulty was for Mr. Torns to sign on as purser, and his name did not appear on the passenger list. The position was purely a nominal one.