MUSING DIARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17572, 24 June 1925, Page 3

MUSING DIARY.

SEA LOG OF M.P.’S TEN-YEAR-OLD SON. “ I LET the captain take CHARGE OF CUTTER.” LONDON. May t. I David Montague Kenworthy, the ten-year-olrl son of Commander Kenworthy,. M.P., is apparently, quite a "chip of the old block.” He wants to be a sailor, and has just spent a week with the Humber pilots on the Spurn station. During the cruise ! he kept a diary, which displays an evident relish for the sea-faring life—and an excellent appetite for sea fare. "The apprentices call me ‘Monty,’ ” he writes, "but the pilots tease me by saying ‘Clap handies for daddy.' "Have a good appetite now,, and can cat anything. At one evening concert I sang. T want to sec my mammie,’ so feelingly, it brought tears to the eyes of my audience. "In the apprentices’ quarters thev persuaded me to try and win 6d by dTopping a coin off my head into a tunnel at the top of my trousers. "W hile I was busy balancing the coin °n mv head I received the contents of a tin of water through the funnel into the back of my pants. Afterwards I enjoyed the joke on three more victims. ‘‘CHAMPION’ OF PILOT SERVICE.” "In the morning I paddled around bare-footed whilst the decks were washed down, all the while keeping a watchful eye on the cook. "After returning for dinner spent a quiet afternoon keeping everybody awake. A welcome letter came from Dad. i Y\ e had some boxing on the poopdeek; beat all comers, and was heralded as 'Champion of the pilot service' (Commander Kenworthy is an cx-box-ing champion of the Navy). I helped the engineers to clean the fires and sweep the boiler tubes, and joined in a tug-of-war just to get. an appetite. We anchored off Hull Pier, and I lost my cap overboard waving to ladies on the pier. The lads pulled one of my teeth out, but it was not a painless extraction. "After supper. T let the captain take charge of the cutter and retired for the night.”