SICK OF THE SEA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18232, 17 November 1924, Page 5

SICK OF THE SEA.

EARL OF SUFFOLK ASHORE. LONDON, November 3. The youthful Earl of Suffolk, having regained his health, has decided to quit the sea, and has left the sailing ship Mount Stewart, in which he made a voyage round the world, visiting Austr'lia. When interview he said that ho saw a good deal of colonial life. "Although Australia ,is in the. grip of tho Labour Party, the Earl, said', "it is a jolly fine country for all that. Sydney rem'inclod me strongly of London. It has streets as line as Piccadilly and Bond street, and the construction of a tube railway proves the go-ahead character of the Britishers, down' South. There is keen German competition in Australia, but British commerce lias been firmly established. Sixteen months of seafaring have been sufficient for inc. I intend entering politics."

The Earl of Suffolk reached Sydney.on November, 29th, 1923, as an apprentice aboard the ship Mount Stewart, the last of the famous "clipper" ships. Ho appeared on the ship's articles as Charles Howard. He is the premier earl of England, his earldom dating back to the Tudors. The master of. the Mount Stewart was Captain McColm, ono of the best known skippers in Australian waters. From Sydney the Mount Stewart went to Newcastle, where she left on February 2nd. At the time of his arrival in Sydney the earl was only 17 years of age.