Who’s Who on the Ulimaroa

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 10

Who’s Who on the Ulimaroa

The Ulimaroa carried a big passenger list when she arrived from Sydney this m There was also a quantity of mail from Australia and the East. Good weather was experienced on most of the trip, though the sea was rather choppy as the New Zealand coast was reached. Dr. Max Jordan, representative of the “Berliner Tageblatt," and the Consolidated Press of America, will make a tour of New Zealand. He is on a world tour, and is writing a scries of articles for his newspapers. Captain A. IT. Thorpe, formerly harbourmaster at Lyttelton, returned after spending a holiday in Australia. Captain I. Ramsay, an English business man. arrived to spend a holiday in New Zealand. The extraordinary popularity of the revivals of old musical comedies in Australia greatly impressed Mr. G. A Mvers, son of Sir Michael Myers. He stated that although such productions as “The Belle of New 1 “The Country Girl,” and “Katinka" were played to big houses in Sydney, they were even more popular in -Melbourne. These revivals had offset the popularity of the talkies and it seemed that the theatre-going public wanted a change of show. Mr. Myers, who is a medical student, has been visiting the hospitals in Sydney. “One builder in Melbourne told me that it was impossible even to ‘buy* a job," said Mr. W. Parkinson, who returned from a holiday in Australia. “It was the same in Sydney; all the builders were complaining about lack of work." he continued. Mr. Parkinson said that the rains would help considerably, but it would be some time before Australia was clear of depression again.

“I heard so much about the attractions of N 7 ew Zealand that I decided to come and see them for myself," said Jonkheer J. M. Elias van Castricum, manager of the shipping line between Java, China and Japan. His headquarters are in Batavia, Java. On periodical trips through the East, he frequently 'saw posters advertising New Zealand. People he met told him of the beauties of the Dominion, so he decided to spend a holiday here before going on to Canada and Europe. Jonkheer Elias is merely coming as a tourist and did not wish to discuss business. However, he stated that at present there was no likelihood of n Dutch line of steamers starting a direct trade between Java and New Zealand. There are regular air services throughout Java and to Singapore, he said. Batavia, of course, is one of the "regular" ports of call for planes flying trom England to Australia. Miss Amy Johnson was in Sourabaya when Jonkheer Elias was there, and again in Brisbane. It was almost impossible to see her, he said, as she was so busy. Buiness in Java is very depressed at the moment. Most of the sugar crop has still to be disposed of.