A ROUGH TRIP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 109, 11 May 1933, Page 7

A ROUGH TRIP

EXPERIENCE OF MAUNGANUI. VOLUNTEER CREW SICK. SYDNEY, May 10. On the first two days out the Maunganui had very rough weather, and tho volunteer crew and stewards suffered considerably from sickness. The passengers made the best of the conditions. All arrived well. BATHING THE BABIES. GOOD WORK BY r RATINGS. Received Mav 10, 9.47 p.m. SYDNEY, May 10. Passengers are loud in their praise for assistance rendered by 20 naval ratings of the ships Dunedin, Diomede and Philomel, who were en route to Flinders Island naval base to undergo training. One rating bathed six babies whose parents wore too ill to perform the task. All tho ratings volunteered to assist at the tables and in the galley when the others went down with sea-sickness. Another volunteer, an unemployed pressman, remarked on his arrival: “It takes a newspaperman to make a really smart steward.” The first saloon passengers, prior to the vessel’s arrival, addressed a letter to Captain Toten expressing their great appreciation of the splendid efforts of the ship’s staff in providing tho maximum comfort and service under trying conditions. It is anticipated that the Maunganui will sail to scheduled time to-morrow.