MALOLO AT WELLINGTON

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1930, Page 9

MALOLO AT WELLINGTON

PLEASURE CRUISE IN PACIFIC "CROSS SECTION OF U.S. PUBLIC,” ENJOYMENT OF LIFE’S SAVINGS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night.. ■ "A cross section of the great American public” is how Mr. I ouis D. Stone, cruise director, of the American Express Company, describes the tourists on the Malolo, which arrived at Wellington today from Syd ,ie y 011 a Pacific pleasure cruise. Mr. Stone made it clear that those aboard' were not millionaires. They did not like to be labelled as such when their incomes in many cases were what O.ne might call modest. _ . “Retired business men and widows enjoying tfieir life savings are among our travellers,” said Mr. Stone, “and the fact that women predominate to (such an extent may be ascribed to the fact that woinen have more leisure than men. It is so on any cruise, and now in these times of business depression tho husbands find it more necessary than ever to be close to their business. “The cruise fis limited to 90 days, 24,000 miles being covered. In every port there is the same trouble—the limited stay? The cruise has to be worked on a plan that is best for everybody and next year the itinerary may be different. It is hoped tliat a cruise on the Pacific will become an annual event.’’ Mr. Stone said that because of the depression other tourist cruises were bejpg cancelled, but his company.and the Matson Company, although there were only 174 passengers on board, had deckled to carry on, feeling that it was better to operate even at a loss tha’fr to cancel the cruise and then at a later date try to regain tfieir position in the world, tours.